The Socialism of to-day

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Identifikator:: 835096955

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-28834

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Laveleye, Émile de

Title:: The Socialism of to-day

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Field & Tuer

Year of publication:: 1884

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XLIV, 331 S.)

Collection:: Economics Books

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EVANGELICAL SOCIALISTS. 103 private purse in making Socialistic experiments. It is also the long-cherished dream of Prince Bismarck, who, it is said, is preparing to realize it soon (December, 1882). It must, moreover, be added that Prussia is a soil admirably prepared for the growth of State Socialism. No modern nation reproduces more completely the type of the Greek cities, in which the welfare of the individual is subordinate to that of the civic State. Under the energetic rule of Frederick II., the Prussian State has become a vast political machine which 4kes possession of its subjects from childhood, at first in the schools, and then in the army, in order to mould them according to its wants. The Prussian civil code already sanctions some of the articles of the programme of the Christian Socialists. The following clauses are found in the Preussische Allgemeine Landrecht (Tit. xix., 2nd part) :— § I. It is the duty of the State to see to the food and main tenance of those citizens who cannot provide it for themselves, nor obtain it from those who are legally bound to provide it! § 2. To those who cannot find employment, work shall be assigned suitable to their strength and ability. § 3. Those who from indolence or taste for idleness, or from any other VICIOUS disposition, neglect to provide themselves with the means of subsistence, shall be obliged to execute useful works under surveyance. § 6. The State has the right and is obliged to create institutions for restraining at once both pau- p^^ngmdrm^lig^k^ §7- E^^^migth^c^k^ed^ efiRxzt o inducing Idleness, espechdly in the lower classes, or that IS likely to divert people from labour, is absolutely for bidden. § 10. Communal authorities are bound to maintain their poor § n It is their duty to inquire into the causes of destitution, and to notify them to the higher authorities, in order that a remedy may be applied.» Might not all this be mistaken for the text of the law of a “Christian Salentum»? he precept of St I^iul, " If any vdll not wcirlq neither shall he ea^ hiliere transfornued into r r" ^ misdemeanour. The ght to relief, as in the law of Elizabeth, and the right of abour, as in 1848, are equally recognized, and the tutelary

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