The most dangerous thing about an evil ideology is that it makes us think that we are justified in doing anything that opposes an evil ideology. We often forget how the evils of communism caused people to turn a blind eye to the evils of fascism. And how the evils of fascism caused people to turn a blind to the evils of communism.

There is not better example of how this moral blindness work’s then the young George Orwell. As this essay reminds us, young Orwell fought for a group of murderous communists in the name of freedom.