| | [[George Orwell]] wrote two books late in his life that are considered among the greatest of 20th Century English works: [[1984]] and [[Animal Farm]]. Both have strongly anti-authoritarian and [[conservative]] principles. | | [[George Orwell]] wrote two books late in his life that are considered among the greatest of 20th Century English works: [[1984]] and [[Animal Farm]]. Both have strongly anti-authoritarian and [[conservative]] principles. |
| − | Orwell indisputably grew critical of his [[leftist]] ideological allies as he grew older. However, he remained a democratic socialist in name, if not in beliefs. It is suspected that he kept his public image in order to retain his influential position as a columnist for its leading publication, the ''Tribune''. Moreover, his support of democratic socialism was based on [[conservative]] reasons: he thought it would produce a wealthier society. Orwell was also a patriot: a Conservative principle. Orwell had been a member of the revolutionary socialist [[Independent Labour Party]], which opposed [[British]] participation in [[World War II]], but left the ILP on the outbreak of war, and joined the civilian [[Home Guard]] in 1940. | + | Orwell indisputably grew critical of his [[leftist]] ideological allies as he grew older. However, he remained a democratic socialist in name, if not in beliefs. It is suspected that he kept his public image in order to retain his influential position as a columnist for its leading publication, the ''Tribune''. Moreover, his support of democratic socialism was based on [[conservative]] reasons: he thought it would produce a wealthier society. Orwell was also a patriot, which is plainly a [[conservative]] value. Orwell had been a member of the revolutionary socialist [[Independent Labour Party]] (ILP), which opposed [[British]] participation in [[World War II]], but left the ILP on the outbreak of war, and joined the civilian [[Home Guard]] in 1940. |