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Excerpt from Nationalization of Industries: A Criticism
Political confusion and economic disturbance were natural results of the close of the most gigantic war in the history of the world. Carlyle in his French Revolution spoke of Burke "eloquently demonstrating that the end of an epoch is come, to all appearance the end of civilized time." And if to a political mind of the highest order, such as Burke's, the circumstances attending the overthrow of an ancient regime in Franco seemed the end of civilized time, it is little to be wondered at that the state of Europe to-day should appear to be the birth of a new world and to afford a unique opportunity for new and startling experiments in the organization of society. It is indeed only natural that the general fermont should be especially noticeable in the industrial field. Unrest in Labour circles is no new thing, for it existed before the war, but the confusion everywhere and the chaos in a large part of Europe since the armistice has greatly intensified the tendency to excitement in this country. A circumstance that has also greatly added to it is the existence of inordinate profits made in many trades in spite of increased wages, of greatly enhanced prices of raw materials and the rise in other costs of production. The constant answer of Capital when confronted with demands for increases of wages in the old days was what in Fabian circles is described as the plea of "ansericide," the killing of the goose that lays the golden eggs.
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