misleading to label Orwell a "socialist" here - unless the article makes clear whether Orwell supported the totalitarian socialism of Marxism
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'''Animal Farm''' is a book written by [[socialist]] [[George Orwell]] in 1946. Satirical in nature, the story characterizes animals taking over a farm, symbolically alluding to the [[communist]] takeover of [[Russia]] and the betrayal of the people by their leaders, who impose a totalitarian system consolidating and perpetuating the power of those leaders.
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'''Animal Farm''' is a book written by [[George Orwell]] in 1946. Satirical in nature, the story characterizes animals taking over a farm, symbolically alluding to the [[communist]] takeover of [[Russia]] and the betrayal of the people by their leaders, who impose a totalitarian system consolidating and perpetuating the power of those leaders.