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CHAPTER III
IS IT POSSIBLE?

Most of the measures proposed are actually now in opera-
tion for the purposes of the war, and have given material re-
sults far in excess of anything which would have been thought
possible in August, 1914. The feasibility of Collectivism,
tested in material terms, has been demonstrated. What is
now demanded is that that which can be done for purposes
of war shall also be done for the purposes of peace. The
political training and scientific spirit of the new Labour
Party.

ARE the programmes of social reform outlined in
the preceding chapter feasible in the modern state?In considering that question certain main facts
have to be kept in mind. They are these:
Almost all the collectivist measures proposed
are now in operation in Great Britain and in most of
the European belligerent countries; and after some
four years of experience they are being applied in
America. They are more successful in their results
than any one in August, 1914, thought they could
be. The only question is whether what has been
demonstrated to be feasible enough as a war measure
can be made workable as a normal peace device.
The condition which has made possible under
the impulse of war-needs, measures which might not
be possible in peace, is the psychological element: the

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Publication Information: Book Title: The British Revolution and the American Democracy: An Interpretation of British Labour Programmes. Contributors: Norman Angell - author. Publisher: B. W. Huebsch. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1919. Page Number: 105.
    
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