John A. Hobson Quote

This is, in fact, the philosophical defence of progressive socialism, that human progress requires that one after another the lower material animal functions shall be reduced to routine, in order that a larger amount of individual effort may be devoted to the exercise of higher functions and the cultivation by strife of higher qualities.


The Evolution of Modern Capitalism: A Study of Machine Production (1906) - Ch. XVII Civilisation and Industrial Development


This is, in fact, the philosophical defence of progressive socialism, that human progress requires that one after another the lower material animal...

This is, in fact, the philosophical defence of progressive socialism, that human progress requires that one after another the lower material animal...

This is, in fact, the philosophical defence of progressive socialism, that human progress requires that one after another the lower material animal...

This is, in fact, the philosophical defence of progressive socialism, that human progress requires that one after another the lower material animal...