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... democracy is less of a fraud than it sometimes appears . A foreign observer sees only the huge inequality of wealth , the unfair electoral system , the governing - class control over the Press , the radio and education , and concludes ...
... democracy is less of a fraud than it sometimes appears . A foreign observer sees only the huge inequality of wealth , the unfair electoral system , the governing - class control over the Press , the radio and education , and concludes ...
Page 121
... democracy and totalitarianism , it is not true that they are the same . It would not be true , even if British democracy were incapable of evolving beyond its present stage . The whole conception of the mili- tarized continental state ...
... democracy and totalitarianism , it is not true that they are the same . It would not be true , even if British democracy were incapable of evolving beyond its present stage . The whole conception of the mili- tarized continental state ...
Page 122
... democracy , with its slums and unemployment , its strikes and party politics . It is the difference between land power and sea power , between cruelty and inefficiency , between lying and self- deception , between the S.S. - man and the ...
... democracy , with its slums and unemployment , its strikes and party politics . It is the difference between land power and sea power , between cruelty and inefficiency , between lying and self- deception , between the S.S. - man and the ...
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