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... keep society in its existing shape only by being unable to grasp that any improvement was possible . Difficult ... keeping - up of a sham feudalism which drives the more spirited workers off the land . It explains the immobility of the ...
... keep society in its existing shape only by being unable to grasp that any improvement was possible . Difficult ... keeping - up of a sham feudalism which drives the more spirited workers off the land . It explains the immobility of the ...
Page 64
... keep them from open rebellion . If we are con- quered , our job will probably be to manu- facture weapons for Hitler's forthcoming wars with Russia and America . The Nazis aim , in effect , at setting up a kind of caste system , with ...
... keep them from open rebellion . If we are con- quered , our job will probably be to manu- facture weapons for Hitler's forthcoming wars with Russia and America . The Nazis aim , in effect , at setting up a kind of caste system , with ...
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... keep an army of a million men stationed in these islands . A government of and ( you can fill in the names ) would suit him better . The English can probably not be bullied into surrender , but they might quite easily be bored , cajoled ...
... keep an army of a million men stationed in these islands . A government of and ( you can fill in the names ) would suit him better . The English can probably not be bullied into surrender , but they might quite easily be bored , cajoled ...
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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