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... common people must live to some extent against the existing order . The genuinely popular culture of England is something that goes on beneath the surface , unofficially and more or less frowned on by the authorities . One thing one ...
... common people must live to some extent against the existing order . The genuinely popular culture of England is something that goes on beneath the surface , unofficially and more or less frowned on by the authorities . One thing one ...
Page 62
... common ownership of the means of production " is not in itself a sufficient definition of Socialism . One must also add the following : approximate equality of incomes ( it need be no more than approxi- mate ) , political democracy ...
... common ownership of the means of production " is not in itself a sufficient definition of Socialism . One must also add the following : approximate equality of incomes ( it need be no more than approxi- mate ) , political democracy ...
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... common people will feel , as they cannot feel now , that the State is themselves . They will be ready then to endure the sacrifices that are ahead of us , war or no war . And even if the face of England hardly seems to change , on the ...
... common people will feel , as they cannot feel now , that the State is themselves . They will be ready then to endure the sacrifices that are ahead of us , war or no war . And even if the face of England hardly seems to change , on the ...
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