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Bertrand Russell

Political Ideals

Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Nov. 17, 2015)
Written in the dark days just prior to the first world war, this important work argues that the drive to possess material wealth and power has led the world toward imminent disaster. Our guiding systems, the author believes should be designed to encourage in the individual a creative rather than a possessive purpose. The capitalist system has led to a concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few individuals and intense insecurity in the minds of the many whose labor has produced the wealth. Unlike the disciples of Marx, Bertrand Russell is not seeking equal distribution of the profits of labor; such a system would discourage creativity and be unfair to those whose contributions are more valuable to society. Nor does he “choose sides” between owners and workers. Russell blames labor organizations no less than he blames workers exploiters for the inequitable distribution of wealth in the industrial world. Neither socialist nor capitalist, Russell’s political and social vision is much larger than either.
Series
Classic Thought Series
ISBN
1519370725 / 9781519370723
Pages
86
Weight
6.4 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.2 in.

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