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It is very necessary that industry should be nationalized , but it is more urgently necessary that such monstrosities as butlers and “ private incomes ” should disappear forthwith . Almost certainly the main reason why the Spanish ...
It is very necessary that industry should be nationalized , but it is more urgently necessary that such monstrosities as butlers and “ private incomes ” should disappear forthwith . Almost certainly the main reason why the Spanish ...
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These people are necessary , on the whole they are competent , and the amount of work they do depends on the feeling that they are " their own masters " . But the State will certainly impose an upward limit to the ownership of land ...
These people are necessary , on the whole they are competent , and the amount of work they do depends on the feeling that they are " their own masters " . But the State will certainly impose an upward limit to the ownership of land ...
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They are the necessary preliminary to any claim that we are fighting this war for the protection of peaceful peoples against Fascist aggression . Is it impossibly hopeful to think that such a policy as this could get a following in ...
They are the necessary preliminary to any claim that we are fighting this war for the protection of peaceful peoples against Fascist aggression . Is it impossibly hopeful to think that such a policy as this could get a following in ...
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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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