"All socialism involves slavery…. That which fundamentally distinguishes the slave is that he labours under coercion to satisfy another's desires."
— Slavery

January 1, 1970

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Herbert Spencer, "The Coming Slavery", The Contemporary Review, April 1884, p. 474. This essay was reprinted in chapter 2 of his book, Man vs. the State (1884)