Excerpt from The British City, the Beginnings of Democracy
In a previous volume, devoted to a study of the American city, I stated that: "Instead of the city being controlled by the charter, the suffrage or by purely political institutions, I have become convinced that it is the economic environment that creates and controls man's activities as well as his attitude of mind. This arouses his civic or his self interest; this underlies the poverty and the social problems with which the city is confronted. The worst of the distressing poverty as well as the irresponsible wealth is traceable to economic institutions, to franchise privileges and unwise taxation; to laws which are open to correction as they were to creation. It is the economic motive that makes municipal reform a class struggle; on the one hand are the few who enjoy privileges which they are seeking to retain; on the other hand are millions awakening to the conviction of industrial democracy."
We are beginning to see that this is true.
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