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The Servile State Section 11
In which the gradual transformation of modern Capitalist England under social reformers, both impassioned and pragmatic, is observed not to lead straightforwardly to Collectivism but rather toward an unexpected Servile State, where security is exchanged for diminished freedom and continued inequality. The socialists’ varying motives and methods inadvertently canalise change into this third form of society, as obstacles to confiscation and the complexity of modern ownership steer reforms toward regulating labour under the aegis of preserved private possession.
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