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The Servile State by Hilaire Belloc, Robert A. Nisbet

guinness74's review against another edition

3.0

Apparently my reading has advanced beyond my mental capacity; either that, or I need to spend more time with a dictionary. This is the second book I've finished recently that I didn't entirely understand. However, I feel that in this case the book, written in 1913, suffers from some dated information as well as the notion that the author seems to be arguing for and against the same thing throughout the book. I feel as though Belloc sometimes places too many restrictions on his premises to structure a forceful argument for or against the servile state. Still, there are some sections that certainly bear thinking about and should be read and re-read. Possibly I would gain more from another reading.