Anthem or 1984

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Which brings me to another point.  Orwell was a self-proclaimed 'socialist' but then why did he write books denouncing big government under a socialist system like 1984?  Yes, keeping in mind I realize the fine line between a 'democratic socialism' and a 'communism' (they're still in the same direction, though)

Orwell was opposed to Stalinist rule that created a bureaucracy and betrayed the principles of the revolution.  He held no real contempt for Marx or Lenin, rather, Trotsky and mostly Stalin.