Excerpt from Politics and Property; Or Phronocracy: A Compromise Between Democracy and Plutocracy
Discontent and strife, to a greater or less extent, have always existed in the world and doubtless always will exist. It is believed by many that the higher the degree of intellectual development in mankind as a class, the greater this discontent, for the reason that objectionable conditions can be more keenly appreciated. Notwithstanding this ever-existing unrest, whether aggravated or assuaged by intellectual development, the causes which produce it are as essentially a part of the great whole, - of the earth and its operations, - as are man's members a part of his physical being; and these causes can never be entirely annulled, hence their effects must, in a measure, always exist.
It is claimed in the following pages that poverty can never be eradicated from society any more effectually than disease can be absolutely prevented in the human body; but since the latter can be relieved by the proper application of scientific remedies, so likewise can the former be ameliorated by the timely enactment of intelligent laws. The object of this work is to urge strenuous opposition to both plutocracy on the one hand, and socialistic tendencies of all kinds on the other, and advocate a reasonable middle or conservative position between the two, which for convenience is termed "Phronocracy," which signifies the rule of reason, prudence, and understanding.
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