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They were preferable to the truly modern men , the Nazis and Fascists . But it had
long been obvious that they would be helpless against any serious attack from
the outside . They could not struggle against Nazism or Fascism , because they ...
They were preferable to the truly modern men , the Nazis and Fascists . But it had
long been obvious that they would be helpless against any serious attack from
the outside . They could not struggle against Nazism or Fascism , because they ...
Page 71
Nor did any strong native Fascist movement grow up . Material conditions were
not bad enough , and ... Even the elementary fact that Fascism must not offend
national sentiment had escaped him . His entire movement was imitated slavishly
...
Nor did any strong native Fascist movement grow up . Material conditions were
not bad enough , and ... Even the elementary fact that Fascism must not offend
national sentiment had escaped him . His entire movement was imitated slavishly
...
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the whole problem posed by Fascism . It set out to be “ anti - Fascist ” in a purely
negative way“ against ” Fascism without being “ for ” any discoverable policy —
and underneath it lay the fabby idea that when the time came the Russians would
...
the whole problem posed by Fascism . It set out to be “ anti - Fascist ” in a purely
negative way“ against ” Fascism without being “ for ” any discoverable policy —
and underneath it lay the fabby idea that when the time came the Russians would
...
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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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| Title | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius The Uniform Edition of George Orwell Works, George Orwell [His works. Uniform edition], George Orwell |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Publisher | Secker and Warburg, 1962 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 11 Feb 2011 |
| Length | 96 pages |
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