Authority and inequality under capitalism and socialism Book

Among the important points mentioned in the book is that an antisystemic movement, for example, a Communist rebellion, eventually fails because the organization created to effect that change, like the Bolsheviks, for example, oftentimes have different perspectives than the proletariat they claim to represent. Lenin was an intelligentsia in proletariat clothing, for example, and while these organizations ostensibly claim to represent the hoi polloi, each and every one of them have aims different from the masses.

More importantly, however, a lot of people are content with capitalism, which is why of late, there are lesser antisystemic movements: one's desire for Communism, for example, is eroded by the capitalism one currently dwells in. The dream of progress is an inviting illusion to anyone, both educated and illiterate, and both young and old: one can simply do his best, work his hardest, and money proportionate to the difficulty and quality of work he has done will be his reward.

There's little respite like that in a Communist state. As education progressed, people learned the beauty of capitalism because in capitalism, one makes his own money, and one's fate is in one's hands. Because human beings pursue freedom as one of their individual needs, Communism will tend to falter nowadays especially because of the deluge of information that reflect upon its history and the occurrences of tragedies in the past.

Although this book is too general for my tastes, I do like it and have been aided by its interpretation of anti-systemic movement.