• LWD@lemm.ee
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          7 months ago

          It sounds like the reference is spot-on:

          Pope also based aspects of the border crossing… on the Berlin Wall and issues between East and West Germany, stating he was “naturally attracted to Orwellian communist bureaucracy”. He made sure to avoid including any specific references to these inspirations, such as avoiding the word “comrade” in both the English and translated versions, as it would directly allude to a Soviet Russia implication.

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