Animal Farm still matters because it shows how power can change people. It reminds us to stay alert, question our leaders, and protect what we believe in.

If we don't, even our best dreams can slowly disappear.

The animals didn't fail because they were stupid. They failed because they trusted the wrong leaders.

Their hope was taken advantage of.

We need honest, responsible leaders who truly care about others, or the same problems will keep happening.

You can watch it for free.

(12-29-2025, 09:40 AM)LightAngel Wrote: The animals didn't fail because they were stupid. They failed because they trusted the wrong leaders.

They failed because they were stupid. They did not think for themselves.

(12-29-2025, 09:57 AM)UltraBudgie Wrote: They failed because they were stupid. They did not think for themselves.

I wouldn't call them stupid, they were more naive.

Excellent book!
That and 1984.

(12-29-2025, 10:05 AM)FlyersFan Wrote: Excellent book!
That and 1984.

Meh. Heavy-handed and surfacy allegory. Unwinding them still leaves one mired in Blair's classist paradigm. I'm convinced they feed it to schoolchildren to present a barrier enforcing midwitism should they ever be bothered to draw parallels to it in their middle age. "Look, it's just like Animal Farm!" Yeah, that's what they want you to think is insight. Typical technocratic layered trap. Notice the evocation of hopeless impotence.

Plus, there's no dragons at all, so how can they be "excellent"?

(12-29-2025, 09:40 AM)LightAngel Wrote: Animal Farm still matters because it shows how power can change people. It reminds us to stay alert, question our leaders, and protect what we believe in.

If we don't, even our best dreams can slowly disappear.

The animals didn't fail because they were stupid. They failed because they trusted the wrong leaders.

Their hope was taken advantage of.

We need honest, responsible leaders who truly care about others, or the same problems will keep happening.

That's in my top 5 favorite books. 

(12-29-2025, 10:13 AM)UltraBudgie Wrote: Meh. Heavy-handed and surfacy allegory. 

I liked it.
Perhaps you are just too cerebral for average folks like us.  
"A Brief History of Time" more to your liking?   

(12-29-2025, 10:25 AM)FlyersFan Wrote:  
"A Brief History of Time" more to your liking?   

Nothing wrong with surfacy! Pretty much any book you enjoy is a good book, in my opinion.

I just think it's the type of book that reveals some insight, but in a way that blocks going beyond that. Sort of a perceptual stop-gap?

Plus, as I said, no dragons!