What Hilaire Belloc thinks about politics

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Anglo-French writer and historian (1870 to 1953); author of The Servile State.

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2 dated positions, c. 1912, in their own words. Our reading of what Hilaire Belloc has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 1912

   Our readingRestoring widespread property works against the grain of capitalist society, while collectivism works with it

   Their wordsIn a word, the man who desires to re-establish property as an institution normal to most citizens in the State is working against the grain of our existing Capitalist society, while a man who desires to establish Socialism—that is Collectivism—is working with the grain of that society.

   ↗The Servile State (1912)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book

3. c. 1912

   Our readingA minimum wage brings with it, as its converse, compulsory labour

   Their wordsI have said that the principle of a minimum wage involves as its converse the principle of compulsory labour.

   ↗The Servile State (1912)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book