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Do I mean by all this that England is a genuine democracy ? No , not even a reader of the Daily Telegraph could quite swallow that . England is the most class - ridden country under the sun . It is a land of snobbery and privilege ...
Do I mean by all this that England is a genuine democracy ? No , not even a reader of the Daily Telegraph could quite swallow that . England is the most class - ridden country under the sun . It is a land of snobbery and privilege ...
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Socialism is usually defined as common ownership of the means of production " . Crudely : the State , representing the whole nation , owns everything , and everyone is a State employee . This does not mean that people are stripped of ...
Socialism is usually defined as common ownership of the means of production " . Crudely : the State , representing the whole nation , owns everything , and everyone is a State employee . This does not mean that people are stripped of ...
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Revolution does not mean red flags and street fighting , it means a fundamental shift of power . Whether it happens with or without bloodshed is largely an accident of time and place . Nor does it mean the dictatorship of a single class ...
Revolution does not mean red flags and street fighting , it means a fundamental shift of power . Whether it happens with or without bloodshed is largely an accident of time and place . Nor does it mean the dictatorship of a single class ...
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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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