Friday, April 14, 2023

Little difference between Georg Orwell’s world and today

Does anything ever really change?

The quote below is from ‘Coming Up for Air' by George Orwell. The book was first published in 1939.

“They were all true-blue Englishmen and swore that Vicky was the best queen that ever lived and foreigners were dirt, but at the same time nobody ever thought of paying tax, not even a dog-licence, if there was any way of dodging it."

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