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As a result, the furthering of war (if it be not on too large a scale) is no longer confined to the honour and glory kind of old Tories, who if they meant anything at all by it meant that a Tory war would be a good occasion for damping down democracy; we have changed all that, and now it is quite another kind of politician that is wont to urge us on to "patriotism" as 'tis called. AS A RESULT THE FURTHERING OF WAR IF IT BE NOT ON TOO LARGE A SCALE IS NO LONGER CONFINED TO THE HONOR AND GLORY KIND OF OLD TORIES WHO IF THEY MEANT ANYTHING AT ALL BY IT MEANT THAT A TORY WAR WOULD BE A GOOD OCCASION FOR DAMPING DOWN DEMOCRACY WE HAVE CHANGED ALL THAT AND NOW IT IS QUITE ANOTHER KIND OF POLITICIAN THAT IS WONT TO URGE US ON TO PATRIOTISM AS TIS CALLED
the forms of it, that we may see how the “burn, sink, and destroy” is carried on in it. First, you have that form of it called national rivalry, which in good truth is nowadays the cause of all gunpowder and bayonet wars which civilized nations wage. For years past we English have been rather shy of them, except on those happy occasions when we could carry them on at no sort of risk to ourselves, when the killing was all on one side, or at all events when we hoped it would be. We have been shy of gunpowder war with a respectable enemy for a long while, and I will tell you why: It is because we have had the lion’s-share of the world-market; we didn’t want to fight for it as a nation, for we had got it; but now this is changing in a most significant, and, to a Socialist, a most cheering way; we are losing or have lost that lion’s share; it is now a desperate “competition” between the great nations of civilization for the world-market, and to-morrow it may be a desperate war for that end. ER RUN THROUGH SOME OF THE FORMS OF IT THAT WE MAY SEE HOW THE BURNED SINK AND DESTROY IS CARRIED ON IN IT FIRST YOU HAVE THAT FORM OF IT CALLED NATIONAL RIVALRY WHICH IN GOOD TRUTH IS NOWADAYS THE CAUSE OF ALL GUNPOWDER AND BAYONET WARS WHICH CIVILIZED NATIONS WAGE FOR YEARS PAST WE ENGLISH HAVE BEEN RATHER SHY OF THEM EXCEPT ON THOSE HAPPY OCCASIONS WHEN WE COULD CARRY THEM ON AT NO SORT OF RISK TO OURSELVES WHEN THE KILLING WAS ALL ON ONE SIDE OR AT ALL EVENTS WHEN WE HOPED IT WOULD BE WE HAVE BEEN SHY OF GUNPOWDER WAR WITH A RESPECTABLE ENEMY FOR A LONG WHILE AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD THE LION'S SHARE OF THE WORLD MARKET WE DIDN'T WANT TO FIGHT FOR IT AS A NATION FOR WE HAD GOT IT BUT NOW THIS IS CHANGING IN A MOST SIGNIFICANT AND TO A SOCIALIST AND MOST CHEERING WAY WE ARE LOSING OR HAVE LOST THAT LION'S SHARE IT IS NOW A DESPERATE COMPETITION BETWEEN THE GREAT NATIONS OF CIVILIZATION FOR THE WORLD MARKET AND TO MORROW IT MAY BE A DESPERATE WAR FOR THAT END
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