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... democracy " , i.e. capitalism , back to the dole - queues and the Rolls Royce cars , back to the grey top hats and ... democracy is finished " . By democracy " , of course , he meant private capitalism . 66 lies between the kind of ...
... democracy " , i.e. capitalism , back to the dole - queues and the Rolls Royce cars , back to the grey top hats and ... democracy is finished " . By democracy " , of course , he meant private capitalism . 66 lies between the kind of ...
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 ...
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... 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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army Blimps bombing planes Britain British ruling class BURMESE DAYS capitalism capitalist Chamberlain civilization coloured common Communists conquered culture CYRIL CONNOLLY danger defeat democracy destroyed disaster enemy England English Genius English Socialist Europe European exist face fact Fascism feel fighting foreign GEORGE ORWELL German gloomy Sundays grasp happen Hitler HOMAGE TO CATALONIA human hypocrisy idea imperial incomes India industry intellectuals intelligentsia Italians kind Labour Party left-wing less living London Martin Secker mean ment MICHAEL FOOT middle class military million modern monied class morale nation Nazi never numbers officers outlook ownership pacifist past patriotism peace political privilege pro-Fascist programme public schools revolution revolutionary rich Rolls-Royce car Russians SEARCHLIGHT BOOK SEBASTIAN HAFFNER simply slums snigger Socialist movement society Spanish Spanish civil war surrender T. C. WORSLEY tion totalitarianism treacherous true turn UNICORN Socialism whole workers