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The Servile State Section 1
In which a thoughtful examination is begun into the nature of modern industrial society, exploring how the stability of property and labour relations may slip toward enforced servitude, and defining the key concepts of wealth, property, and social order that underpin this tendency. It gently unfolds the argument that, amidst the strains of capitalism, society faces a choice among distributive, collectivist, and servile futures, with historical and legal reflections hinting at a return to a state where liberty is sharply divided by possession.
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