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... British ruling class obviously could not admit to themselves that their usefulness was at an end . Had they done that they would have had to abdicate . For it was not possible for them to turn themselves into mere bandits , like the ...
... British ruling class obviously could not admit to themselves that their usefulness was at an end . Had they done that they would have had to abdicate . For it was not possible for them to turn themselves into mere bandits , like the ...
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... ruling - class orbit . It must be admitted that so long as things were peaceful the methods of the British ruling class served them well enough . Their own people mani- festly tolerated them . However unjustly England might be organized ...
... ruling - class orbit . It must be admitted that so long as things were peaceful the methods of the British ruling class served them well enough . Their own people mani- festly tolerated them . However unjustly England might be organized ...
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... British ruling class were not altogether wrong in thinking that Fascism was on their side . It is a fact that any ... class would have done this with hesitation , as in France . But things had not gone that distance in England ...
... British ruling class were not altogether wrong in thinking that Fascism was on their side . It is a fact that any ... class would have done this with hesitation , as in France . But things had not gone that distance in England ...
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