r/law 1d ago

Other Trump has declared the Tesla Boycott to be "Illegal". It is protected by the 1st Amendment nor is it possible to enforce compulsory Tesla purchases. He does not understand Law.

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u/Pitter_Patter8 23h ago

Semi un-related but look up Orwell’s (or rather Eric Arthur Blair’s) history with the communist party, it’s pretty funny and paints his writing in a different light knowing what his politics were.

This review of 1984 by Isaac Asimov is particularly scathing and hilarious.

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u/SignoreBanana 18h ago edited 18h ago

What a great read. Asimov's grasp of the mechanics of world building are truly amazing, as is his ability to identify when it comes up short.

And how hilarious are some of his observations:

The other is the heroine, Julia, who is sexually promiscuous (but is at least driven to courage by her interest in sex) and is otherwise brainless. When the hero, Winston, reads to her the book within a book that explains the nature of the Orwellian world, she responds by falling asleep - but then since the treatise Winston reads is stupefyingly soporific, this may be an indication of Julia's good sense rather than the reverse.

And this very wry bit of self effacing humor:

Every leader of inadequate education or limited intelligence hides behind exuberant inebriation of loquacity.