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<blockquote data-quote="Ah_Tibor" data-source="post: 1460354" data-attributes="member: 20190">George Orwell had some connections too, his dad grew opium for the empire. He was also an asshole policeman in Burma for a time. The difference between him and Huxley is that Orwell was repentant, in his way. His slumming phase has all the markers of that, he genuinely liked the working class, he understood the ins-and-outs of the British class system, and had very little good to say about his education. Think of the difference, &quot;if there is hope, it lies in the proles,&quot; and Huxley's passive touring of the &quot;reservation&quot; (even if he thought it had any merit, it was because of some whacko mysticism and liking drugs, not for any love of the lower classes or love of God). Even though sometimes I think Winston Smith's hope that the proles revolt is how a lot of a certain type of people stir up social discord because they want somebody else to do their dirty work for them.Huxley was very much an &quot;elite&quot; type until the end of his life, even if he had some misgivings about it occasionally.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ah_Tibor, post: 1460354, member: 20190"] George Orwell had some connections too, his dad grew opium for the empire. He was also an asshole policeman in Burma for a time. The difference between him and Huxley is that Orwell was repentant, in his way. His slumming phase has all the markers of that, he genuinely liked the working class, he understood the ins-and-outs of the British class system, and had very little good to say about his education. Think of the difference, "if there is hope, it lies in the proles," and Huxley's passive touring of the "reservation" (even if he thought it had any merit, it was because of some whacko mysticism and liking drugs, not for any love of the lower classes or love of God). Even though sometimes I think Winston Smith's hope that the proles revolt is how a lot of a certain type of people stir up social discord because they want somebody else to do their dirty work for them. Huxley was very much an "elite" type until the end of his life, even if he had some misgivings about it occasionally. [/QUOTE]

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