“ Many workers in the light industries are less truly manual labourers than is a doctor or a grocer. ”
George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius (1941). copy citation
| Author | George Orwell |
|---|---|
| Source | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius |
| Topic | workers industry |
| Date | 1941 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and... |
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“The effect of all this is a general softening of manners. It is enhanced by the fact that modern industrial methods tend always to demand less muscular effort and therefore to leave people with more energy when their day’s work is done. Many workers in the light industries are less truly manual labourers than is a doctor or a grocer. In tastes, habits, manners and outlook the working class and the middle class are drawing together. The unjust distinctions remain, but the real differences diminish. The old-style “proletarian” – collarless, unshaven and with muscles warped by heavy labour –”
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