The working class has been through fachism, war and slump. It much prefers the risks that are run by state intervention to those posed by continuation of capitalism as they used to know it. This at a time when social democratic concensus among british intellectuals is almost a hundred%. So once again, he manages to be the one who is just slightly out of step with his fellow citizens.
Christopher Hitchens talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about George Orwell. Drawing on his book Why Orwell Matters, Hitchens talks about Orwell's opposition to imperialism, fascism, and Stalinism, his moral courage, and his devotion to language. Along the way, Hitchens makes the case for why Orwell matters.