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The leaders of the Progressive Liberals, as they would call themselves, long headed persons who know well enough that social movements are going on, who are not blind to the fact that the world will move with their help or without it; these have been the Jingoes of these later days. THE LEADERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE LIBERALS AS THEY WOULD CALL THEMSELVES LONG HEADED PERSONS WHO KNOW WELL ENOUGH THAT SOCIAL MOVEMENTS ARE GOING ON WHO ARE NOT BLIND TO THE FACT THAT THE WORLD WILL MOVE WITH THEIR HELPER WITHOUT IT THESE HAVE BEEN THE JINGOES OF THESE LATER DAYS
k 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. 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.  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 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
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