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... privilege , especially in educa- tion . These are simply the necessary safe- guards against the reappearance of a class - system . Centralized ownership has very little meaning unless the mass of the people are living roughly upon an ...
... privilege , especially in educa- tion . These are simply the necessary safe- guards against the reappearance of a class - system . Centralized ownership has very little meaning unless the mass of the people are living roughly upon an ...
Page 75
... privilege and the rule of the old . It is not primarily a question of change of government . British governments do , broadly speaking , represent the will of the people , and if we alter our structure from below we shall get the govern ...
... privilege and the rule of the old . It is not primarily a question of change of government . British governments do , broadly speaking , represent the will of the people , and if we alter our structure from below we shall get the govern ...
Page 96
... privilege , will surrender them fast enough when their country is in danger . War is the greatest of all agents of change . It speeds up all processes , wipes out minor distinctions , brings realities to the surface . Above all , war ...
... privilege , will surrender them fast enough when their country is in danger . War is the greatest of all agents of change . It speeds up all processes , wipes out minor distinctions , brings realities to the surface . Above all , war ...
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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