Project Gutenberg 2011-05-29 Public domain in the USA. 67 Bradlaugh, Charles 1833 1891 Bradlaugh, C. (Charles) Iconoclast Some Objections To Socialism From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures Reading ease score: 50.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by David Widger "Some Objections To Socialism" by Charles Bradlaugh is a political pamphlet written in the late 19th century. This publication critiques socialist ideologies and movements that emerged during that time, examining their implications and feasibility. It presents a counterargument to the socialistic vision of abolishing private property to alleviate poverty and suggests that such measures could lead to a decline in individual initiative and economic productivity. In the book, Bradlaugh articulates various arguments against socialism, highlighting the dangers of collective ownership and state control of all economic resources. He addresses the failures of past socialist experiments and emphasizes the importance of private property as a means of encouraging individual enterprise and thrift. Bradlaugh advocates for gradual reform through cooperative efforts and trade unions rather than revolution, arguing that meaningful social improvements can be achieved without dismantling existing structures. Through statistical evidence and examples, he aims to illustrate that socialism, while well-intentioned, could ultimately harm the very individuals it seeks to help. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Socialism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century HX Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - British Browsing: Politics 59747 59748 2024-10-15T11:25:22.355401 2023-09-16T04:38:41.844755 text/html text/html 54826 2013-01-28T00:24:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 19943 2013-01-28T00:24:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 101529 2024-10-15T11:25:28.189363 application/epub+zip 100237 2024-10-15T11:25:25.853401 application/epub+zip 78464 2024-10-15T11:25:24.433397 application/epub+zip 201349 2024-10-15T11:25:29.883402 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 194179 2024-10-15T11:25:27.443377 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 175048 2022-09-16T14:30:57.849355 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 50663 50656 2024-10-15T11:25:22.101406 2023-09-16T04:38:41.670773 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 50554 2011-05-29T13:41:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 18984 2011-05-29T13:41:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 50545 2011-05-29T13:41:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18965 2011-05-29T13:41:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21474 2024-10-15T11:25:30.019379 application/rdf+xml 13219 2024-10-15T11:25:25.137380 image/jpeg 3137 2024-10-15T11:25:24.705394 image/jpeg 100171 2024-10-15T11:25:22.362402 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia