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My mother a Canadian is also a socialist , and believes in personal freedom. I understand your point of view.Animal Farm was one of three novels that really changed the way I thought as a teen in the 70s. The other two were George Orwell's 1984, and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. I personally got more from 1984 than Animal Farm. All well worth a read, and I think I will read them all again.
Animal Farm was a critique of Stalinist Russia. These days it's often quoted in the context of Communism bad, therefore Capitalism good. Not quite what he was saying. He hated totalitarianism but was himself a socialist who believed also in personal freedom and civil liberties. Kind of where my thinking is at present.