He taught the others about Animalism. Liberalism has been creeping in to our education system for many years. Old Major loved to encourage class envy among the animals by telling them that they do all the work and the rich have all the money. Liberals have taught and encouraged class envy for many years. Old Major died before the Animal Farm Revolution.
Animalism is a scary example of the intent of Liberalism.
It teaches that nobody should ever have to own anything, nobody will need to be rich, nobody will ever be poor. Liberals have incrementally inched in that direction over the years and want to see it come to fruition for all, but, just like Animalism, the leaders are excluded. Life will be much better for workers under Animalism, after all everybody is equal. Liberals want more regulation in the workplace to assure an equal environment with a guarantee for the sameness of results. Snowball the young boar, main rival to Napoleon, was smart, a good speaker and idealistic.