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jpowerj 's review for:
The Road to Wigan Pier
by George Orwell
Definitely has an air of "holy shit, this was published in 1937?!?" to it. Lots of insights/lessons that are incredibly relevant today. Example 1: the decision to use the word "trump" in this quote is... ironic, to say the least: "Obviously the most urgent need of the next few years is to capture those normal decent [members of the working-class] before Fascism plays its trump card". Or to take another example: "It is quite easy to imagine a middle class crushed down to the worst depths of poverty and still remaining bitterly anti-working class in sentiment; this being, of course, a ready-made Fascist Party [...or Trump voting bloc].". So yes, this book is absurdly relevant in 2016, and I highly recommend it, though admittedly Part II sometimes feels like Orwell overly-curmudgeonly railing against how much he despises the clothing and "vegetarianism" of 1930s Socialists.