Tuesday 2 March 2010
A lot of people are noting that Orwell was a socialist and [Newt] Gingrich doesn’t know what he’s talking about, but I’m much more appalled that Gingrich thinks a dystopic piece of fiction was “proof” that “that centralized planning inherently leads to dictatorship” and an argument against health-care reform. That’s like me saying “The Shawshank Redemption” is proof that prison walls are too weak and we should invest serious money into reinforcing them against extremely small rock picks. Ezra Klein ☀
