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My However much one may hate to admit it , it is almost certain that between 1931 and 1940 the National Government represented the will of the mass of the people . It tolerated slums , unemployment and a cowardly foreign policy .
My However much one may hate to admit it , it is almost certain that between 1931 and 1940 the National Government represented the will of the mass of the people . It tolerated slums , unemployment and a cowardly foreign policy .
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It is not certain that Socialism is in all ways superior to capitalism , but it is certain that , unlike capitalism , it can solve the problems of production and consumption . At normal times a capitalist economy can never consume all ...
It is not certain that Socialism is in all ways superior to capitalism , but it is certain that , unlike capitalism , it can solve the problems of production and consumption . At normal times a capitalist economy can never consume all ...
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At present , public - school education is partly a training in class prejudice and partly a sort of tax that the middle classes pay to the upper class in return for the right to enter certain professions . It is true that that state of ...
At present , public - school education is partly a training in class prejudice and partly a sort of tax that the middle classes pay to the upper class in return for the right to enter certain professions . It is true that that state of ...
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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 Issue 1 of Searchlight books |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Publisher | Secker & Warburg, 1941 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 126 pages |
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