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In a dozen obvious ways it is gerrymandered in the interest of the moneyed class
. But until some deep change has occurred in the public mind , it cannot become
completely corrupt . You do not arrive at the polling booth to find men with ...
In a dozen obvious ways it is gerrymandered in the interest of the moneyed class
. But until some deep change has occurred in the public mind , it cannot become
completely corrupt . You do not arrive at the polling booth to find men with ...
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world - conquest , and not allowing any private interest , either of capitalist or
worker , to stand in its way . ... It is a system in which all the forces are pulling in
opposite directions and the interests of the individual are as often as not totally ...
world - conquest , and not allowing any private interest , either of capitalist or
worker , to stand in its way . ... It is a system in which all the forces are pulling in
opposite directions and the interests of the individual are as often as not totally ...
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It was a party of the Trade Unions , hopelessly parochial in outlook , with little
interest in imperial affairs and no contacts among the men who actually held the
Empire together . It would have had to hand over the administration of India and ...
It was a party of the Trade Unions , hopelessly parochial in outlook , with little
interest in imperial affairs and no contacts among the men who actually held the
Empire together . It would have had to hand over the administration of India and ...
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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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