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... capitalism ... does not work ' , and that ' it is only by revolution that the English people can be set free ' . But revolution to Orwell is not a coup d'état , it is a mass movement : if there are ... capitalist system 20 Introduction.
... capitalism ... does not work ' , and that ' it is only by revolution that the English people can be set free ' . But revolution to Orwell is not a coup d'état , it is a mass movement : if there are ... capitalist system 20 Introduction.
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... capitalism . War , for all its evil , is at any rate an unanswerable test of strength , like a try - your - grip ... capitalist economy can never consume all that it produces , so that there is always a wasted surplus ( wheat burned ...
... capitalism . War , for all its evil , is at any rate an unanswerable test of strength , like a try - your - grip ... capitalist economy can never consume all that it produces , so that there is always a wasted surplus ( wheat burned ...
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... capitalist or worker , to stand in its way . British capitalism does not work , because it is a competitive system in which private profit is and must be the main objective . It is a system in which all the forces are pulling in ...
... capitalist or worker , to stand in its way . British capitalism does not work , because it is a competitive system in which private profit is and must be the main objective . It is a system in which all the forces are pulling in ...
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