Is The servile state / by Hilaire Belloc (1912) CHUD or WOKE?
chudrank score: 26 / 100 (CHUD-leaning (right-wing)). 0 is CHUD (right-wing), 100 is WOKE (left-wing).
Book by Hilaire Belloc, 1912.
7 votes: 29% WOKE, 71% CHUD.
Why: Distributist critique of socialism and state power
<p>In <i>The Servile State</i>, British-French writer and historian <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/hilaire-belloc">Hilaire Belloc</a> makes a provocative case that capitalism will inevitably move toward the reestablishment of slavery. The thesis in this book forms the backbone of Belloc’s life-long effort as an advocate for reform to the existing socioeconomic system in the direction of what he terms as “distributism.”</p> <p>As a critic of both socialism and capitalism, and a fervent Catholic, Belloc lays out a history of Europe where, over generations, the pagan slavery of the Roman Empire was transformed into a “distributive” model of the Middle Ages. But, he argues, this m…