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Audible via Amazon has Animal Farm (Audible Audiobook – Unabridged) by George Orwell for $0.82.

Amazon also has Animal Farm (Kindle eBook) by George Orwell for $0.99
  • About this book: George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel - a scathing satire on a downtrodden society's blind march towards totalitarianism. The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell's masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh.
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Audible via Amazon also has The Great Gatsby (Audible Audiobook – Unabridged) by F. Scott Fitzgerald for $0.82.
  • About this book: "The Great Gatsby", F. Scott Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The New York Times noted "gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession," it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.
Audible via Amazon also has 10 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die 2 (Audible Audiobook – Unabridged) for $0.82.

Amazon also has 10 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die 2 (Kindle eBook) for $0.99.
  • Includes:
    • The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
    • A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens
    • Anne of Green Gables By Lucy Maud Montgomery
    • Emma By Jane Austen
    • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
    • The Raven By Edgar Allan Poe
    • The Prophet By Khalil Gibran
    • Think and Grow Rich By Napoleon Hill
    • The Iliad By Homer
    • The Science of Getting Rich By Wallace D. Wattles
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Animal Farm by George Orwell - $0.82 - Amazon/Audible

Animal Farm is an Allegorical novella by George Orwell, first Published in England on 17 August 1945. According to Orwell, the Fable reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and Then on into the Statilinst era of the Soviet Union.

Kindle Version of Animal Farm by George Orwell - $0.99
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All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others
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Techngro
05-29-2021 at 06:40 AM.
05-29-2021 at 06:40 AM.
Quote from Dr. J :
Was going to say that lots of older stuff can be found for free via other apps. I believe if you are an audible member there's a version included.

Not only that, but you can get these and much more using your local library and Overdrive.
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05-29-2021 at 06:59 AM.
05-29-2021 at 06:59 AM.
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I agree with with everything except your last statement. My governor has way more money than me, and money gives people the ability to navigate the court system much more fluidly. People with less money don't have the ability to fund drawn-out court cases and are often subject to harsher penalties than those with more money and better, more expensive lawyers.

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05-29-2021 at 07:10 AM.
05-29-2021 at 07:10 AM.
Great and perfect at this price !
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booboloo
05-29-2021 at 07:27 AM.
05-29-2021 at 07:27 AM.
Quote from slickdmelly :
I agree with with everything except your last statement. My governor has way more money than me, and money gives people the ability to navigate the court system much more fluidly. People with less money don't have the ability to fund drawn-out court cases and are often subject to harsher penalties than those with more money and better, more expensive lawyers.
Not always, in some states those who are immune to judgement aka too poor can file endless lawsuits paid for by the state. Obviously demented people like Russel Greer or Melinda Scott, Russel Greer was the one that sued Taylor Swift for not agreeing to be extorted into a date. Others with less cash also have to fight off such cases by people backed by the state. State power is the ultimate distortion in making some people "more equal" than others.
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05-29-2021 at 08:37 AM.
05-29-2021 at 08:37 AM.
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Please. It's a criticism of Communism.
That is absolutely correct. That's why this book was banned in USSR (and, as far as I know all countries of Eastern block) and people read it under blankets with flaslights.
But my experience of living in 4 completely different countries shows that this book is true for any political or social setting.
The only difference is that in some countries people with such views are going to labor caps and in other are being told "go earn more money".
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05-29-2021 at 08:37 AM.
05-29-2021 at 08:37 AM.
Quote from jeffricks2051 :
I agree. That was torture to read.

General Info here..

If you want to get rid of a audible credit I have a recommendation. 'What everyBody is saying' by joe navaro. It's a book about body language. Great read, and changed how I communicate forever.

Also. you can put your account on hold once a year for 3 months. You can use your credits awhile account is on hold. Don't let audible bully you in to paying for credits each month you aren't using with they user agreement scheme.
what does it mean by "account on hold"? So I can't use my account for 3 months?
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jcorey
05-29-2021 at 09:22 AM.
05-29-2021 at 09:22 AM.
Hmm, purchasing the audible version on amazon.com did not apply my credits from slow shipping.
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FreddyJoe
05-29-2021 at 10:19 AM.
05-29-2021 at 10:19 AM.
Digital books are best because Bezos can easily rewrite the offensive parts.
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05-29-2021 at 11:15 AM.
05-29-2021 at 11:15 AM.
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It is a citation from the book that defines pretty much any society. Anarchist, democratic or ruled by a single iron fist. Extreme left, centric or extreme right.
All animal are equal. But some are, how would I put it? More privileged....
We all are subjects to the same rules and laws. Just to a different extent.
Some of us are allowed and can do what others cannot.
But, yes, we all are equal. And I have no doubt that you, my reader, has the same chance in court of law as governor of a state you live in.
Spot on.

Re: "It is a citation from the book that defines pretty much any society. Anarchist, democratic or ruled by a single iron fist."

It's the Iron Law of Oligarchy at work.

Basically, every form of governance eventually becomes an oligarchy, and every form of economic organization becomes an oligopoly due to a very simple mechanic: any group of humans delegate responsibility to a subset group of humans who eventually abuse the power that was supposed to only be applied to that responsibility.

Constitutional republic, pure democracy, monarchy, anarchy--they all devolve into oligarchy.
Communism, socialism, capitalism--they all devolve into oligopoly.

You could classify the Iron Law of Oligarchy as a particular iterative game in game theory that all human societies play over time, over and over again.
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05-29-2021 at 01:22 PM.
05-29-2021 at 01:22 PM.
They can take Dr Suess away from children, but there will always be other quality books for children to read like Animal Farm.
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05-29-2021 at 04:31 PM.
05-29-2021 at 04:31 PM.
Quote from jeffricks2051 :
They can take Dr Suess away from children, but there will always be other quality books for children to read like Animal Farm.
Can you provide an example of someone taking Dr Seuss away from children? Recently Seuss enterprises opted to stop publishing some titles but that is a far cry from taking it away. If you're familiar with a case of it actually being taken away please share it.
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05-29-2021 at 08:33 PM.
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Can you provide an example of someone taking Dr Seuss away from children? Recently Seuss enterprises opted to stop publishing some titles but that is a far cry from taking it away. If you're familiar with a case of it actually being taken away please share it.
It's book genocide. Also, copyrights were meant to expire. If you knew he history of copyright law you, should be, outraged.
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05-29-2021 at 11:39 PM.
05-29-2021 at 11:39 PM.
I am new to audiobooks. If I purchase do I keep the audio version forever. Amazon says free with audible trial. Never used audible
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05-30-2021 at 03:40 AM.
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Because maybe if more people would have read this book, we might not be living in it. It's never too late for people to learn and society to change. Well, maybe it is...
This 1984 mock trial show is filled with irony in hindsight as the one these judges and bullying mob were insinuating of being an authoritarian ended up doing the most to protect people's freedoms, while the evil forces brought the Orwellian dystopia onto our society just to get rid of him:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?411...mock-trial

When mass media gets monopolized and manipulated, reading the book doesn't help because people were already conditioned to see the reality with colored lens. These highly-educated useful-idiots' mind were so prejudiced that they were reading George Orwell's work to fit their narratives.
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05-30-2021 at 03:51 AM.
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Why read this when we are living in it?
You beat me to it. The founding fathers figured out the government is definitely going to do this authoritarian shit if we let them, but it was before planes and internet that they didn't realize foreign dictators (like the Chinese Communist Party) can do the same thing through bribing private citizens and businesses and bribe politicians with lucrative business deals after their terms, and use them as the meat-shield against the free democracy itself.

The USSR had been doing that to their own people, but didn't get too far doing it to other countries because they didn't get rich enough to bribe a lot of elites generously. Communist China is the new USSR, except that they have way more USD and tech at their disposal. We'll need to starve them from USD first by all means necessary if we are to keep our freedoms.
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