From the novel; Animal farm
Animal Farm is a fable illustrating the inevitable degeneration of revolutionary ideals. According to the novel, this degeneration occurs because
- social equality, the goal of such idealism, is actually undersirable
- revolutionary ideals are dreamed by blood-thirsty individuals
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man's greedy individualistic nature always subverts the realization of ideals
- revolutionary ideals are inimical to progress
- animals are the wrong characters to illustrate man's weaknesses.