Chapter 17: Conclusion
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| Source | America and the New Epoch |
| Year | 1916 |
| Section ID | america-and-new-epoch-chapter-18 |
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| Word Count | 2276 |
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Section titled “Opening Source Excerpt”XVII CONCLUSION THE issue in the European war essentially is that between the individualistic era of the past and the co-operative era of the future, and whatever may be the military results of the war, this issue is decided and all civilized na- tions of Europe have abandoned the individual- is lie principle of industrial organization, and have organized or are organizing as rapidly as possible a co-operative system of industrial l)roduction. Against the vastly higher pro- ductive efficiency of industrial co-operation of the European nations after the war, our coun- try's individualistic industrial organization, with everybody fighting against everybody else, industrially, politically, and socially, is hope- less, and America thus will either fail, cease to be one of the world's leading industrial nations, or we must also organize a system of industrial production basedSource-Located Theme Snippets
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Section titled “Dielectricity / capacity”... d efficient than our present political govern- ment, and commissions, made as competent and permanent as possible, would take over most of the work of industrial control and operation, the direct elective officials mainly acting in supervisory capacity, directing the policies of the commissions. Such organizations, if once created, would probably be as efficient and sat- isfactory as the industrial government devel- oped from the industrial corporation would be. However, it would require an ...Field language
Section titled “Field language”... s one of the leading industrial nations organized for the highest efficiency possible under co-operative 228 CONCLUSION industrial production, or wc fall by the wayside, cease to be one of the world's leading nations, and merely become a field of exploitation, a sphere of European influence, to be parceled out like China. THE END 4v'0CH II I K •;q University of California Library Los Angeles This book is DUE on the last date stamped below. UCLA YRL ILL I>U ...Chapter-Local Concept Hits
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