Connecting the Dots
 

George Orwell's Animal Farm

by Victor Thorn
 
 

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is not only a blueprint for NWO-style tyranny, but also the human condition itself. In fact, Orwell is as prophetic in symbolizing totalitarianism as he is adept at illustrating the latter, as he shows by page four of his short story where a character named Major, a prized white boar, is introduced to the readers via this speech:

          I understand the nature of life on this           earth as well as any animal now living.

This passage is very powerful, and it establishes Major as one who possesses the authority to philosophize on the essence of our lives. He continues:

          Our lives are miserable, laborious and           short. We are born, we are given just           so much food as will keep the breath in           our bodies, and those of us who are           capable of it are forced to work to the           last atom of our strength; and the very instant that our usefulness has come to an end we are           slaughtered with hideous cruelty. No animal in England knows the meaning of happiness or           leisure after he is a year old. No animal in England is free. The life of an animal is misery           and slavery: that is the plain truth. But is this simply part of the order of nature?

These aren’t easy words to accept, and they carry such a stark magnitude in terms of our very existence that it almost makes the reader want to avert their eyes. Why? Because Orwell’s book is a political allegory in which the characters are symbolically used to represent a much larger picture. Thus:

          The animals = everyday people
          Human beings, Man (the farmers) = international bankers (NWO Controllers)
          Produce (milk, eggs, etc) = the fruits of our labor (money)
          Rats/raven = gatekeepers (Cointelpro agents)
          Farm = country (i.e. England, USA)
          Pigs = Ruling Class (representative of power)

Many other symbols are used during the course of his work, but for the time being, let’s return to Major’s speech, and whenever certain ‘catch words’ are used (Man, farm, human beings) replace them with its intended symbol (or equally applicable symbol) to derive the full impact of Orwell’s meaning.

          This single farm of ours would support a dozen horses, twenty cows, hundreds of sheep –           and all of them living in a comfort and dignity that are now almost beyond our imagining. Why           then do we continue in this miserable condition? Because nearly the whole of the produce of           our labor is stolen from us by human beings. There, comrades, is the answer to all our           problems. It is summed up in a single word – Man. Man is the only real enemy we have.           Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished           forever.

Is Orwell’s portrait becoming clearer? Those atop the control pyramid – the international bankers – are our real enemy. They’re the ones who are parasitically sapping mankind of its energy, hopes, money and soul.

          Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does           not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough … Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets           them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving,           and the rest he keeps for himself.

Orwell’s “Major” goes on to describe how the lifeblood of our labors has been vampirized: “Every drop of it has gone down the throats of our enemies,” and how our production has “all gone to market to bring in money for Jones [the Farmer] and his men.”

To show how vitally important this concept is, this spokesmen for the animals – the wisest of all – elaborates further:

          All the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings. Get rid of Man, and           the produce of our labor would be our own. Almost overnight we could become rich and free.

In the next paragraph he delivers this argument with even more clarity, stressing how mutually exclusive “we” are from “them”:

          Never listen when they tell you that Man and the animals have a common interest, that the           prosperity of one is the prosperity of the others. It is all lies. Man serves the interest of no           creature except himself … All men are enemies. All animals are comrades.

“Major” pursues these themes with an understanding that is dead-on precise; then adds this crucial warning: “In fighting against Man, we must not come to resemble him.” This point is especially salient in regard to the alternative ‘patriot’ media, which is increasingly becoming a mirror image of the corporate NWO media that it is supposedly fighting against. Stated differently, our alternative media has become its own Animal Farm, with fear-mongering, money-grubbing, gatekeeping, selling out the Gray family, sensationalism, repressing information, etc.

Unlike many in the patriot movement, though, who are obsessed only with materialism and money, “Major” actually offers a solution rather than merely complaining or spreading fear:

          What then must we do? Why, work night and day, body and soul, for the overthrow of the           human race! That is my message to you, comrades: Rebellion!

And just like that, Orwell summarizes the human condition, identifies the real enemy, and then provides the one-and-only alternative: to free ourselves from the strong-arm of this international banking cartel, we need a Revolution! It’s that plain-and-simple. The animals in Orwell’s mythical kingdom did it --- now the big question is: will we do it? If not, then we’re destined to remain nothing more than lowly, slavish sheeple in the Master’s barnyard.

Afterword by Lisa Guliani

Orwell also says that revolutions led by power-hungry people can only lead to a change of masters. (In other words, one form of repression is exchanged for another.) Orwell is also telling us: "Revolutions only effect a radical improvement when the masses are alert, informed and wary. You can't have a revolution unless you make it for yourself. There is no such thing as a benevolent dictatorship."


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