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... interest and profits and spending them - on what ? It was fair to say that life within the British Empire was in many ways better than life outside it . Still , the Empire was un- developed , India slept in the Middle Ages , the ...
... interest and profits and spending them - on what ? It was fair to say that life within the British Empire was in many ways better than life outside it . Still , the Empire was un- developed , India slept in the Middle Ages , the ...
Page 64
... openly to slavery . However horrible this system may seem to us , it works . It works because it is a planned system geared to a definite purpose , world - conquest , and not allowing any private interest 64 THE LION AND THE UNICORN.
... openly to slavery . However horrible this system may seem to us , it works . It works because it is a planned system geared to a definite purpose , world - conquest , and not allowing any private interest 64 THE LION AND THE UNICORN.
Page 65
... interest , either of capitalist or worker , to stand in its way . British capitalism does not work , because it is a ... interests of the individual are as often as not totally opposed to those of the State . All through the critical ...
... interest , either of capitalist or worker , to stand in its way . British capitalism does not work , because it is a ... interests of the individual are as often as not totally opposed to those of the State . All through the critical ...
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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