I got to do this when the eagles won the SB. Now that I’m in the suburbs I’m very jealous of this but enjoy the hell out of it. It’s a great feeling.

George Orwell was highly critical of the elite socialists who spoke of progressivism but had zero interest in being around working class people, but was himself a committed socialist and anti-fascist.

But yeah, since no one is really giving you a straight answer, that’s how I always read 1984 and what I think is implied based on my understanding of Orwell’s beliefs as a person.

You should finish it tho. It’s bleak and disturbing but it’s also an incredibly prescient book that’s worth your time.

In a nutshell - It’s heavily implied that a populist working class movement was co-opted by authoritarians and The Party continues to demonize the capitalists as a political scapegoat. But there’s no concrete answer. It’s a huge source of confusion for those who think that the book is an anti-socialist manifesto.