I revisited Animal Farm a few months ago. There are more and more mornings now where I'm reading the news, thinking about our world, and reminded of the animals on that farm.

Definitely, the people who think we’ve defeated the human issues in those books are horribly misguided. Stalinism is sufficient but not necessary to have Animal Farm.

I worked for a few companies whose mode of operation was exactly that.

This works so long as there's a steady supply of young, talented people but falls flat on its face when the company tries to scale up its business.

Spoiler alert:

The horse doesn't die, its turned into glue after being sent to a "vet" having collapsing from exhaustion.

I remember, that's why I dodged that bullet by quitting.