VL page 77 Sasha & Turn.2

[Otto]

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From: "Terrance" <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: VL page 77 Sasha & Turn.2
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> "The War changed everything. The deal was no strikes for the duration."
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That's what he says in the "1984"-foreword too:

"The masses were only there to be used--for their idealism, their class
resentments, their willingness to work cheap--and to be sold out, again and
again." (ix)