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Wow, that was an interesting read. Thanks. We should point out more often that Orwell didn't even understand the basics of Marxism, his book is a strawman, and he never even visited the USSR. The Animal Farm argument is one of the most pervasive and irritating ones.
Well, Orwelll claimed a great many things, and went through many theoretical stages. http://www.stalinsociety.org.uk/orwell.html
Funny that it was written by someone who claimed to be a socialist.