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At normal times a capitalist economy can never consume all that it produces , so that there is always a wasted surplus ( wheat burned in ... The State simply calculates what goods will be needed and does its best to produce them .
At normal times a capitalist economy can never consume all that it produces , so that there is always a wasted surplus ( wheat burned in ... The State simply calculates what goods will be needed and does its best to produce them .
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After twenty years of stagnation and unemployment , the entire English Socialist movement was unable to produce a version of Socialism which the mass of the people could even find desirable . The Labour Party stood for a timid reformism ...
After twenty years of stagnation and unemployment , the entire English Socialist movement was unable to produce a version of Socialism which the mass of the people could even find desirable . The Labour Party stood for a timid reformism ...
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He will set up a graded caste - society in which the German Herrenvolk ( “ master race " or " aristocratic race ” ) will rule over Slavs and other lesser peoples whose job will be to produce low - priced agricultural products .
He will set up a graded caste - society in which the German Herrenvolk ( “ master race " or " aristocratic race ” ) will rule over Slavs and other lesser peoples whose job will be to produce low - priced agricultural products .
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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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