« You may hate the machine-civilization, probably you are right to hate it, but for the present there can be no question of accepting or rejecting it. The machine-civilization is here, and it can only be criticized from the inside, because all of us are inside it. » (The Road to Wigan Pier, 1937)
Orwell, l'outsider des vies ordinaires (nonfiction.fr)
Bruce Bégout, De La Décence ordinaire (entretien sur article11.info)
cf. Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty