We gather to talk about one of Henry George, Jr.’s important works, The Menace of Privilege. From the Preface: What is the cause of the grave changes that are coming over the American Republic — the extraordinary inequality in the distribution of wealth manifested on every hand; the rise of class feeling; the growth …
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New kinds of privilege are extracting wealth from people who produce. Historically, owners of land extracted tribute in exchange for the resource everyone needs to produce or even live. But more recently, imaginary property “rights,” really just the power to levy a toll on production, and which were well-understood by Henry George, have taken an …
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The Communist Manifesto (Das Kommunistische Manifest), originally titled Manifesto of the Communist Party is a short 1848 publication written by the political theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It has since been recognized as one of the world’s most influential political manuscripts. Commissioned by the Communist League, it laid out the League’s purposes and program. …
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