Chapter 11

THE MEANS OF REALIZATION

Impossible to tell definitely how the change will be brought about--Possible only to point out tendencies making for Socialism, and to show how the change _can_ be brought about--Marx's "catastrophe theory" a lapse into Utopian methods of thought--His deeper thought--Testimony of Liebknecht--Socialism not to be reached through a _coup de force_--The political changes necessary for Socialism--Tendencies making for socialization of industry--Monopolies, coöperative societies, the vast extension of collectivism within the capitalist system--Confiscation or compensation?--Change to Socialism to be legal and gradual--Engels and Marx favored compensation--The widow's savings--Elimination of unearned incomes--Violence not necessary 323

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SOCIALISM

A SUMMARY AND INTERPRETATION OF

SOCIALIST PRINCIPLES

SOCIALISM