THE FALSE ASSUMPTIONS OF “DEMOCRACY.” By ANTHONY M. LUDOVICI (Author of “A Defence of Aristocracy,” “Man’s Descent from the Gods,” etc., etc.) _With an INTRODUCTORY LETTER from the Right Hon. Lord Willoughby de Broke._ HEATH CRANTON, LTD., Fleet Lane, London, E.C. 4. _Printed in Great Britain by Love & Malcomson Ltd., London and Redhill._ CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTORY LETTER FROM LORD WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE vii. PREFACE ix. INTRODUCTION THE CONFUSION OF LANGUAGE AND ITS RELATION TO REVOLUTION 11 CHAPTER I. THE PRINCIPLE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY 27 CHAPTER II. JUSTICE 44 CHAPTER III. EQUALITY 61 CHAPTER IV. FREEDOM 77 CHAPTER V. SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM 95 CHAPTER VI. EDUCATION 126 CHAPTER VII. SOCIAL REFORM 153 CHAPTER VIII. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF SOCIAL UNREST 179 CHAPTER IX. THE GREAT ALTERNATIVE TO SOCIAL REFORM 199 INDEX 217 [p. vii] INTRODUCTORY LETTER FROM THE RIGHT HON. LORD WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE _12, Wilton Crescent, London, S.W. 1. May 1st, 1921._ Dear Mr. Ludovici,-- Thank you very much for letting me see the proofs of your book. It seems to me to be written at a very opportune moment, and to suggest a line of thought which could be followed with great advantage. In these days of “propaganda,” when our fine old language is being wrested every hour of the day in speeches, pamphlets and leaflets, to illustrate the views of political parties, it is more than ever important that we should have a clear understanding of the true meaning of words. Nor is the vague use of phrases confined to the pioneer of political causes. Our very war memorials are utilised to inform us that the brave fellows whose honour they commemorate died for “freedom.” If that were true, they indeed died in vain. Nothing can be further from even the most elementary conception of freedom than the present condition of society in these islands. But the pious and devout people who wrote those inscriptions are possibly not to blame.