The unfortunate thing on Animal Farm was that the lesson of top-down aristocracy wasn't learned after the ousting of the farmer. Indeed, life became worse after the animal's emancipation, although the stats and figures cited by the authorities (ie. Squealer) stated otherwise. Indeed reality and the "official story" don't always reflect accurately.What Orwell wrote is excellent for describing what seems to be the routine process of governments, autarchies, hierarchical charisma-based organizations, etc. It helped me see the process of oppression/colonialism that have been themes in the last few books I've read: The Raven's Gift; King, Kaiser, Tsar; and The Roots of Nazi Psychology. A handful of people dictating what the rest of humanity ought to do with their lives seems to always lead to more war, and yet we willingly march forward. We don't work for the government, we vote them in and out and ought to represent our collective thoughts, ambitions and will.
If we turn a blind eye and keep saying, "Oh well, it's business as usual" then we can't say that we've evolved in anyway...we're just pigs on two legs.
