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In all countries the poor are more national than the rich , but the English working class are outstanding in their abhorrence of foreign habits . Even when they are obliged to live abroad for years they refuse either to accustom ...
In all countries the poor are more national than the rich , but the English working class are outstanding in their abhorrence of foreign habits . Even when they are obliged to live abroad for years they refuse either to accustom ...
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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 that democracy is simply a polite name for dictatorship .
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 that democracy is simply a polite name for dictatorship .
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Any transference to foreign rule — for if the British marched out of India the Japanese and other powers would immediately march in — would mean an immense dislocation . Neither the Japanese , the Russians , the Germans nor the Italians ...
Any transference to foreign rule — for if the British marched out of India the Japanese and other powers would immediately march in — would mean an immense dislocation . Neither the Japanese , the Russians , the Germans nor the Italians ...
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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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