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The pigs that separate themselves in status from the rest of the farm animals horde more resources for themselves even in the face of worsening conditions on the farm (their grain windmill gets destroyed at some point).

The pigs serve as placeholders for Stalinists, but the general dynamic exists in any political situation that accepts inequality, like corporate capitalism in the case of Mozilla.



> any political situation that accepts inequality

The pigs were swept into power on an anti-inequality/equity platform. Could be a lesson there…


That is a very nice summary, much better than I could have written it.




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