# The economics and politics of Thomas the Tank Engine — Bull Market — Medium

<https://medium.com/bull-market/the-economics-and-politics-of-thomas-the-tank-engine-8bbc05494b08#.of65pycdf>

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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

The great trick of Sir Topham is to employ engines who essentially evoke the image of the New Soviet man in the service of a proto-capitalist, semi-feudal enterprise.

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