Christopher Hitchens once wrote that there were three major issues of the twentieth century — imperialism, fascism, and Stalinism — and #GeorgeOrwell proved to be right about all of them.

Orwell displays his remarkable foresight in a book review, published in March 1940, of Adolf Hitler’s notorious autobiography #MeinKampf.

In the review, he deftly cuts to the root of Hitler’s toxic charisma, and, along the way, anticipates themes to appear in his future masterpieces.

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