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I am struck again by the fact that as soon as a working man gets an official post in the trade union or goes into labour politics, he becomes middle-class whether he will or no. ie. by fighting against the bourgeoisie he becomes a bourgeois. the fact is that you cannot help living in the manner appropriate and developing the ideology appropriate to your income.
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I Am Struck Again By The Fact

George Orwell
I am struck again by the fact that as soon as a working man gets an official post in the trade union or goes into labour politics, he becomes middle-class whether he will or no. ie. by fighting against the bourgeoisie he becomes a bourgeois. the fact is that you cannot help living in the manner appropriate and developing the ideology appropriate to your income.
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