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... democracy exists , even in its very imperfect English form , totalitarianism is in deadly danger . The whole English ... democracy is finished ' . By ' democracy ' , of course , he meant private capitalism . [ Author's footnote . ] be ...
... democracy exists , even in its very imperfect English form , totalitarianism is in deadly danger . The whole English ... democracy is finished ' . By ' democracy ' , of course , he meant private capitalism . [ Author's footnote . ] be ...
Page 119
... democracy and totalitarianism , it is not true that they are the same . It would not be true , even if British democracy were incapable of evolving beyond its present stage . The whole conception of the militarized continental state ...
... democracy and totalitarianism , it is not true that they are the same . It would not be true , even if British democracy were incapable of evolving beyond its present stage . The whole conception of the militarized continental state ...
Page 120
... democracy , with its slums and unemployment , its strikes and party politics . It is the differ- ence between land power and sea power , between cruelty and inefficiency , between lying and self - deception , between the S.S. man and ...
... democracy , with its slums and unemployment , its strikes and party politics . It is the differ- ence between land power and sea power , between cruelty and inefficiency , between lying and self - deception , between the S.S. man and ...
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