In my opinion nothing has contributed more to the corruption of the or…

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In my opinion nothing has contributed more to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist country. ✨ George Orwell, Ian Angus, Sheila Davison (1998). It is what I think, 1947-1948, Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd
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