Originally published on the CGS blog on May 9, 2007.
Okay, yes, as a number of you guessed, the author was George Orwell.? And yes I am predictable.
Extra points, however, to Rich Stazinski, who recognized the source text, an essay Orwell wrote on “James Burnham and the Managerial Revolution” in 1946. Orwell was writing about British intellectuals’ fascination with Stalinism, but his observation is as relevant today. It could be used to describe the neoconservatives’ romance with President Bush, the hard left’s idolization of Hugo Chavez, or even Lou Dobbs’ self-admiration society of one.
