The Fabian Influence

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CGI's Liberty_Lady: The Fabian Influence

Posted By: Susoni [Send E-Mail]
Date: Saturday, 7-Sep-2013 14:44:44

So many things start out as good ideas, do some good and are often populated with well meaning people. But somewhere along the track they derail. Such is the case with the Fabian Society. Founded on January 4, 1884 as an offshoot of the Fellowship of the New Life, it grew to prominence while the Fellowship dissolved 15 years later. Almost immediately the Fabian Society appealed to many socialist thinking contemporary people of the time, most notably, George Bernard Shaw. Appalled by the excesses of the 'greedy capitalists' or the robber barons of that era, they wrote and distributed pamphlets advocating social justice. The society lobbied for a fair wage and universal health care, the foundation of any socialist country. This was the beginning of the Welfare State as a counter measure to the corruption of the elite class over the working class. In their view the capitalists were committing two of Gandhi's 'Seven Social Sins', although it would be another 35-40 years before Gandhi uttered those words. 1.) Wealth without work and 2.) Commerce without morality. The Fabians wanted to create a just society initially for the British workers, eventually for all working class people in every country. The aim was to level the playing field and guarantee a minimum standard of living for all. But, as so often happens, those who seize power from their predecessors become only a different kind of tyrant.  READ MORE HERE: LINK:http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=286502