The false assumptions of "democracy"Ludovici, Anthony M. (Anthony Mario)
Philosophy
The false assumptions of "democracy"
Ludovici, Anthony M. (Anthony Mario)
Democracy; Great Britain -- Social conditions; Social problems
Social unrest, due to despondency, 155, 156;
caused by ill-health, 187, 188, 194, 197.
Starvation, foments revolt, 185.
Strength, has no choice, 82;
or freedom, 83-85;
except in certain cases, 85.
Stupidity, increasing, 14.
Suffering, necessary so long as society is based on violence, 113,
114;
can only be eliminated by restricting procreation, 114;
in modern society not borne by the unworthiest, 124.
Success, is not to-day connected with superiority, 43 _n_;
stigma attaching to modern, 124.
Sweating, an act of violence, 122.
Tea, in every way deleterious, 191.
Temperance movement, a helpless and Puritanical solution of the
liquor question, 195.
Tyranny, of ideas, the most powerful, 179, 180, 183.
Ugliness, increasing, of modern Europe kills love, 177.
Values, transvaluation of, still possible, 42, 43;
the vulgar, of modern society, 124, 125;
survival, alone too ardently followed to-day, 204, 205. [p222]
Vanity, responsible for revolution, 73.
Victorian Poets, their misunderstanding of Nature, 171.
Violence, the, of modern wealth, 42;
the desire of Socialists to do away with, 98, 100;
supreme in Nature and essential to life, 99;
cannot be eliminated even from Socialist State, 102, 104;
inherent in procreation, 102-108, 125;
the, of emigration, 107;
necessarily entails suffering, 113;
necessary for the charm of life, 116;
man-made deeds of, 122, 123.
Voluntary actions, generally associated with weak and useless people,
82.
Vote, the, does not secure freedom, 91.
Wealth, to-day tends to get into the hands of the unworthy, 38;
and those who use it unscrupulously, 39;
was not always respected _per se_, 40, 41;
to-day a curse owing to false values, 42;
connected generally with vulgarity since the 17th century, 209.
Women, the supposed injustice of their lot, 46;
less social than men, 48;
the ignorance of English, about cooking, 191.
Words, may be used as missiles, 13;
may inspire uniform action, 20.
Working-classes, their inarticulateness, 132, 133;
their women’s ignorance of cooking, 191.
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