The Servile State
The Servile State by Hilaire Belloc, published by Omnia Veritas Limited in 2015, is a thought-provoking exploration of economic conditions and their implications for society. This edition spans 196 pages and is presented in English. Belloc argues that modern society, characterized by the concentration of production means in the hands of a few, is on a path toward a stable equilibrium that necessitates compulsory labor for those who do not own these means, ultimately benefiting the owners.
Readers will find a detailed examination of the division between economically free individuals and those who are economically and politically unfree. The book discusses the societal implications of this division, emphasizing how the status of individuals will be affected by their ownership or lack thereof. Through its analysis of economic history and political science, The Servile State presents a critical perspective on the evolving dynamics of power and labor in contemporary society.
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This book is written to maintain and prove the following truth: That our free modern society, in which the means of production are owned by a few being necessarily in unstable equilibrium, it is tending to reach a condition of stable equilibrium BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPULSORY LABOUR LEGALLY ENFORCIBLE UPON THOSE WHO DO NOT OWN THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION FOR THE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE WHO DO. With this principle of compulsion applied against the non-owners there must also come a difference in their status; and in the eyes of society and of its positive law men will be divided into two sets: the first economically free and politically free, possessed of the means of production, and securely confirmed in that possession; the second economically unfree and politically unfree, but at first secured by their very lack of freedom in certain necessaries of life and in a minimum of well-being beneath which they shall not fall.
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