This telling line kind of gets to the heart of what worries me with the Neo-Libertarian movement in our country. I don't understand why some on the right have a hard time grasping that Capitalism can be a direct affront to Democracy. Corporate personhood, control of the media outlets, seemingly limitless money flowing directly into the pockets of our representatives, -it's too much, and it's getting harder and harder to envision a path away from where we are now.

I agree with Orwell's sentiment that amongst other options, a democratic capitalist country works well for the most part, but that doesn't mean we can't fall off the rails. I don't think he or anybody else ever succeeded in destroying the myth of Soviet Socialism in order to save Socialism itself, -at least as far as the United States is concerned.