What G. K. Chesterton thinks about politics

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English writer and Christian apologist (1874 to 1936); author of Orthodoxy.

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3 dated positions, c. 1910, in their own words. Our reading of what G. K. Chesterton has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 1910

   Our readingThe English upper classes kept their power by always siding with progress

   Their wordsThe simple key to the power of our upper classes is this: that they have always kept carefully on the side of what is called Progress.

   ↗What's Wrong with the World (1910)gutenberg.org All 19 from this book

3. c. 1910

   Our readingSaving private property now requires distributing it as sweepingly as a revolution would

   Their wordsWe can now only avoid Socialism by a change as vast as Socialism. If we are to save property, we must distribute property, almost as sternly and sweepingly as did the French Revolution.

   ↗What's Wrong with the World (1910)gutenberg.org All 19 from this book

5. c. 1910

   Our readingSocialism’s fault is that it would leave commerce essentially unchanged

   Their wordsI do not object to Socialism because it will revolutionize our commerce, but because it will leave it so horribly the same.

   ↗What's Wrong with the World (1910)gutenberg.org All 19 from this book