Book · 2024
The Road to Wigan Pier
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George Orwell's explaining how upper class snobs while theoretically pining for a classless society cling Like Glue to their miserable fragments of social Prestige.
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- Discussing middle class socialists“the typical middle class socialist”2
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Orwell did a political psychological analysis of the motivations of the intellectual tweed-wearing middle-class socialist and concluded that people like that didn't like the poor.
So and and for the for the reason my dad uh he grew up in a very poor part of the north of england which is wigan orwell actually wrote a book about it the road to wigan pier talking about the deprivation of that of that particular part of the world.
I read George Orwell and George Orwell talked about socialist activists back in the 1930s in the UK.
Jordan Peterson The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Dec 2022 And then also by something that george orwell pointed out so nicely in his book road to wigan pier it's like the typical middle class socialist.
Jordan Peterson The Joe Rogan Experience · Jan 2018 Where and when it comes up
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The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell is a classic work of investigative journalism and social commentary documenting the grueling living conditions of working-class coal miners in northern England during the 1930s. Tim Pool discussed the book on Timcast IRL while reflecting on Orwell's political evolution from his early socialist days, and Francis Foster shared on The Joe Rogan Experience how the text accurately captured the deep deprivation of his father's hometown in Wigan. Rob Henderson and Robert Evans both referenced the book on Modern Wisdom and Behind the Bastards respectively, noting how Orwell brilliantly analyzed the psychological motivations of upper-class middle-class socialists who supposedly championed the poor while secretly clinging to social prestige. Jordan Peterson also frequently cited Orwell's observations on 1930s socialist activists across various appearances on podcast platforms like The Joe Rogan Experience and his own podcast, while Rolf Potts mentioned the text in relation to immersive travel.
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Jordan Peterson I thought and then I read George Orwell and George Orwell talked about socialist activists back in the 1930… 2
“I thought and then I read George Orwell and George Orwell talked about socialist activists back in the 1930s in the UK.”
“and then also by something that george orwell pointed out so nicely in his book road to wigan pier it's like the typical middle class socialist”
Francis Foster so and and for the for the reason my dad uh he grew up in a very poor part of the north of england which is… 1
“so and and for the for the reason my dad uh he grew up in a very poor part of the north of england which is wigan orwell actually wrote a book about it the road to wigan pier talking about the deprivation of that of that particular part of the world”
Rob Henderson you had that George Orwell quote um you said how in the road to Wigan piia George Orwell's explaining how u… 1
“you had that George Orwell quote um you said how in the road to Wigan piia George Orwell's explaining how upper class snobs while theoretically pining for a classless society cling Like Glue to their miserable fragments of social Prestige I love that”
Robert Evans He found Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier, which he read as an undergrad at Grand Prairie, enlightening. Orw… 1
“He found Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier, which he read as an undergrad at Grand Prairie, enlightening. Orwell did a political psychological analysis of the motivations of the intellectual tweed-wearing middle-class socialist and concluded that people like that didn't like the poor. They just hated the rich.”
Rolf Potts actually George Orwell talked about this in an essay called the road to Wigan Pier 1
“actually George Orwell talked about this in an essay called the road to Wigan Pier”
Tim Pool He started out as a socialist and then uh he he saw what happened in uh um wrote to Wigan Pier one of the b… 1
“He started out as a socialist and then uh he he saw what happened in uh um wrote to Wigan Pier one of the books. He followed the coal miners around.”
