The Curmudgeon

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Monday, June 10, 2024

The Condition of the Deserving Class in England

[T]he Party rejects and vilifies every principle for which the Socialist movement originally stood, and it chooses to do this in the name of Socialism.
Emmanuel Goldstein

Never let it be thought that the great national tradition of hypocrisy is the exclusive preserve of the mealy-mouthed multiculturalists in the capital. The plain-speaking yeomen of the north are no less British in their values, as is evident in the naming of a luxury Manchester penthouse after Friedrich Engels. It's possible that, as one local writer suggested, someone merely found a list of famous residents and decided to take advantage of the fact that a statue of Engels stands nearby; even so, the level of doublethink is impressive. The site of the penthouse is a former slum, and nearby areas are being socially cleansed through rent rises; while the requirements of those not hard-working enough to afford luxury penthouses are receiving about as much attention as British decency can stand.

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