George Orwell’s his hatred of the abuse of power did not originate from his experiences in the Spanish Civil War. It flowed directly from his own actions as an agent of the British Empire in Burma in the 1920s: Just as the Ministry of Truth flowed directly from working for the BBC in the 1940s.

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I've heard the word Orwellian used more in the last few months than over the last few years.