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As a positive emotion it is stronger in the middle class than in the upper class –
the cheap public schools , for instance , are more given to patriotic
demonstrations than the expensive ones – but the number of definitely
treacherous rich men ...
As a positive emotion it is stronger in the middle class than in the upper class –
the cheap public schools , for instance , are more given to patriotic
demonstrations than the expensive ones – but the number of definitely
treacherous rich men ...
Page 77
The rich would not face the necessary taxation , and while the rich are still visibly
rich it is not possible to tax the poor very heavily either . Moreover , so long as
profit was the main object the manufacturer had no incentive to change over from
...
The rich would not face the necessary taxation , and while the rich are still visibly
rich it is not possible to tax the poor very heavily either . Moreover , so long as
profit was the main object the manufacturer had no incentive to change over from
...
Page 86
The one sure earnest of that is that when they are taxed and overworked they
shall see that the rich are being hit even harder . And if the rich squeal audibly ,
so much the better . We can bring these things about , if we really want to . It is not
...
The one sure earnest of that is that when they are taxed and overworked they
shall see that the rich are being hit even harder . And if the rich squeal audibly ,
so much the better . We can bring these things about , if we really want to . It is not
...
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User Review - the.ken.petersen - LibraryThingIt seems harsh to criticise George Orwell's optimism when he implies that socialism has become inevitable: he was writing in 1941, I thought so in 1980. Sadly, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius A Penguin book : Polit. science Volume 6327 of Penguin Books Penguin twentieth-century classics |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Editor | Bernard R. Crick |
| Contributor | Bernard R. Crick |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin Books, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2010 |
| ISBN | 0140063277, 9780140063271 |
| Length | 123 pages |
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