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I don't mean to say they know what they are doing: politicians, as you well know, take good care to shut their eyes to everything that may happen six months ahead; but what is being done is this: that the present system, which always must include national rivalry, is pushing us into a desperate scramble for the markets on more or less equal terms with other nations, because, once more, we have lost that command of them which we once had. Desperate is not too strong a word. I DON'T MEAN TO SAY THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING POLITICIANS AS YOU WELL KNOW TAKE GOOD CARE TO SHUT THEIR EYES TO EVERYTHING THAT MAY HAPPEN SIX MONTHS AHEAD BUT WHAT IS BEING DONE IS THIS THAT THE PRESENT SYSTEM WHICH ALWAYS MUST INCLUDE NATIONAL RIVALRY IS PUSHING US INTO A DESPERATE SCRAMBLE FOR THE MARKETS ON MORE OR LESS EQUAL TERMS WITH OTHER NATIONS BECAUSE ONCE MORE WE HAVE LOST THAT COMMAND OF THEM WHICH WE ONCE HAD DESPERATE IS NOT TOO STRONG A WORD
ght 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. 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. ARKET 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 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
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