Comments by "Scott Franco" (@scottfranco1962) on "The Book Club: 1984 by George Orwell with Dave Rubin | The Book Club" video.

  1. The book, despite claims to the contrary, was about Stalinisim. The "simplification of language", was an unfortunate misunderstanding of Esperanto. This started as a European idea of coming up with purposely designed simplified language. It got associated with communism when Russia and China adopted it.
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