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Blair respected Kipling, admired him even, yet was critical of much of Kipling's philosophy. You're quote from Kipling is misleading, since it is incomplete, and Blair was fully aware of this and of what Kipling meant.31stArrival » 41 minutes ago » wrote: ↑ You seem fond of poetry and artists that create it so let's consider the ballad of east is east and west is west that was written in 1889 just after humanity established the international dateline separating 2 days of a week on the same rotation midnight to noon, and noon to midnight when daylight only lasts dawn to dusk.
"Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet"--Rudyard Kipling. Look up what George Orwell thought of Kipling. Lets compare the author of space time continuum philosophy to the idea of how to govern humanity by 1984 since 1948.
China continues to evolve, however, it was transitioning both before WWII which resumed after. Japan was brutal to the Chinese. I would say that China turned "Red" when the CCP took control of most of it around '47-'48, but they were a key part of China's governance even prior to that. The Chinese are still Chinese, before and after Communism. They actually changed far more gradually than did the Japanese after WWII.by the way, what year did China become Red in Global affairs? 1948. Ever think Orwell was on the same intellectual plain as Chairman Mao.
To answer your question, no I never thought Blair and Mao were ever on the same intellectual plain. Though they lived in the same time frame, Blair's writing was very much influenced by what was going on in the West. Mao was completely entrenched in China's wars and political affairs. One was a writer, the other a doer. If I had to guess, I would say that Blair's IQ was higher than Mao's, and their thoughts were very different from one another.