BDKJMU wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 4:23 am
kalm wrote: ↑Tue Mar 18, 2025 10:03 pm
One of the American literary greats of the 20th century. He was also a soldier of fortune fighting Franco’s forces
in the Spanish Civil War (similar to Orwell)
You know…the old school fascists?
So. Lots of commies fought fascists. He was one of them.
Even if Hemingway was an actual commie (disputable based on his writings and he was an opponent of communist Russia) his experiences still make him qualified to express the quote above that you seem to take issue with.
You do know there are no good totalitarians? Right or left. Stalin or Trump….
If you agree, you should have zero issue with his quote.