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Christopher Hitchens on Why Orwell Matters + Q&A (2002)

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Journalist and intellectual Christopher Hitchens explained to a packed house how George Orwell's musings resonate as strongly today as they did over half a century ago.
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@ManufacturingIntellect Creator 7 years ago (edited) Pinned

Check out these Christopher Hitchens books on Amazon!
God is Not Great: https://amzn.to/47kf6Gr
Hitch 22: A Memoir: https://amzn.to/47jDlEo
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@Punctuator10 8 years ago

"The atmosphere of a society where individual private life is absolutely pointless, and where everything that is not absolutely compulsory is absolutely forbidden." 10:40

@kennypridemore5466 4 years ago

As each generation comes about , there is always a renewal of ignorance and a need for another Christopher Hitchens

@hififlipper 6 years ago

People do so much need to listen to Christopher Hitchens today.

@weavethehawk 4 years ago (edited)

Again, I am compelled to have at hand a dictionary/thesaurus when encountering Christopher Hitchens' written or spoken pieces. Listening to, or reading any of Mr. Hitchens' work was in itself an education. Although I am, by now, reconciled to the fact that we will never again be stimulated by pieces of oratory or literature by this intellectual gargantuan, our loss, by his death (not passing) cannot be overstated.

@anniesue4456 4 years ago

Thank Goodness for these recorded interviews. Hitch was a Giant of a scholar

@freedomfromreligion1701 4 years ago

When Grandpa came to the U.S. in the 30s ,at Ellis Island at 14.Paid his own way by the way.They would ask a group of questions. The main one was "Do you believe in a supreme being "? Gramps said "of course ".He passed the test. But under his breath he was saying "I am the supreme being.'He told me that 60 years later, it's the greatest story ever.

@cosmicjive4746 5 years ago (edited)

Hitchens was brilliant. ❤️❤️❤️

@chrispercival9789 4 years ago

I wish he was alive to give his insights in 2022

@daemon9737 1 year ago

More relevant in 2025 than ever!!

@captainzappbrannagan 3 years ago

What an intellect and command of the language. Unrivalled. One of the keenest sources of knowledge in underlying causes for so many states of the world and cultures.

@Brumtownrandoms 5 years ago

I appreciate hitchens, a great character and an original mind..

A beautiful mind

@sydneymorey6059 4 years ago

Hitch is a Hero in my opinion, and I reckon this could be one of his best. Cheers Hitch and YouTube.

@Ozgipsy 4 years ago

Ah Christopher…that cough mate 😢 Miss this guy.

@Cantbuyathrill 4 years ago

"I know they're in trouble if they're coming to me".
And that's why I love this guy!!!!

@IanFitzHarris 8 years ago

Thank you for posting.

@Doylemcfarlane369 3 years ago

Must buy christophers books

@arkiposeturi3186 4 years ago

Man, I miss him so much. Rest with peace and God-bless your soul Christopher...

@magicbuns666 4 years ago

28:35 and onwards, when Hitchen's is discussing post-modernists, oh boy, did he underestimate that group. They've become the very thing people like him and Orwell have warned us about.

@paulmclean876 4 years ago

... a great shame Hitch left so prematurely... He would've been a desperately effective sharp blade against the cultural saboteurs that proliferate and run rampant in the degraded west here in 2022...