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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 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 ...
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But at the same time the State , which is simply the Nazi Party , is in control of everything . It controls investment , raw materials , rates of interest , working hours , wages . The factory owner still owns his factory , but he is ...
But at the same time the State , which is simply the Nazi Party , is in control of everything . It controls investment , raw materials , rates of interest , working hours , wages . The factory owner still owns his factory , but he is ...
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Already it is customary among the more soft - boiled intellectuals of the Left to declare that if we fight against the Nazis we shall " go Nazi ' ourselves . They might almost equally well say that if we fight against Negroes we shall ...
Already it is customary among the more soft - boiled intellectuals of the Left to declare that if we fight against the Nazis we shall " go Nazi ' ourselves . They might almost equally well say that if we fight against Negroes we shall ...
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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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