In what may well be the greatest of his essays, Shooting an Elephant, Orwell specifically addressing the evils of Imperialism, capturing, perhaps better than anyone else ever has, the real moral damage that men do to themselves when they seek to exercise this kind of power over others. One day, while serving as a minor official in Burma, Orwell was called upon to shoot a rogue elephant.

I had halted on the road. As soon as I saw the elephant I knew with perfect certainty that I ought
not to shoot him. It is a serious matter to shoot a working elephant--it is comparable to destroying a
huge and costly piece of machinery--and obviously one ought not to do it if it can possibly be
avoided. And at that distance, peacefully eating, the elephant looked no more dangerous than a cow.
I thought then and I think now that his attack of "must" was already passing off; in which case he
would merely wander harmlessly about until the mahout came back and caught......

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   KKmm. In what may well be the greatest of his essays, Shooting an Elephant,
   Orwell specifically addressing the evils of Imperialism ... ...