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Bob H's avatar

You nailed it, Grisha! He seems to qualify for the "2 minutes of hate"at DNC rallies.

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Koshmarov's avatar

Aw, thanks for the kind words, but I didn't quite "nail it." To explicate and further embarrass myself:

- Goldstein is an obvious Trotsky analogue, just as Big Brother is an obvious Stalin analogue (to Orwell's credit, a more diffuse and universal one; it's kind of like, "What if Oswald Mosley had actually been a serious person?")

- On the face of things, one might struggle for a long time to find valid comparisons between Leon Trotsky and Donald Trump, who seem upon casual analysis to be nearly antithetical personalities;

- yet Trump is well-known for his love of gold and ormolu tchotchkes, as well as his affiliation with Jews (e.g. son-in-law), thus fulfilling the stereotype.

Trotsky + Trump = Goldstein. Alchemy!

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Lee's avatar

I think it works. Trotsky was no saint either (to put it mildly). And Trump isnтАЩt particularly principled, just a pragmatist.

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Bob H's avatar

I thought the analogy was better without the ideology, but I suppose a Trumpsky would attract a significant volley of vindictive verbosity, :)

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Koshmarov's avatar

Trumpsky will pass into legend when he gets an ice-axe in the head whilst feeding bunnies.

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Antipodean's avatar

ЁЯдг

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Pacificus's avatar

Fun stuff!

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Tom Worster's avatar

I was thinking of the two minutes of hate also.

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Koshmarov's avatar

It's been longer than two minutes.

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Tom Worster's avatar

That's why the world Winston lived in is better than ours.

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Koshmarov's avatar

That's really fucking grim, man. "It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen." 1984 always reminds me of the time I did in Connecticut.

No offense to Nutmeggers intended. Rural Connecticut is lovely.

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