Principles of Socialism Manifesto of 19th Century Democracy

摘要

Ancient societies had as their basic principle, Might makes right; their politics was War; their goal was Conquest; and their economic system was Slavery, which is the most total, inhumane, and barbarous form of man's exploitation by man. Free men, rich or poor, made war and consumed; the slave was the producer. Slavery was the base of society; its summit was War.