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Socialism in the 20th century Uk

Socialism is political and economic theory that, in some ways, is the opposite of capitalism. It is based on the empowerment of a society's workers – the people who make and manufacture goods – and the idea that the community as a whole owns and regulates the means of production, distribution and exchange. Eva Smith, a worker, is mistreated first by her capitalist boss (Arthur Birling) in a classic 'Capital versus Labour' dispute ('Labour' in this context meaning work, not the Labour party). From there, she suffers four further injustices that give a very negative impression of capitalism. In his final speech, the Inspector warns that it is only through socialism ('one body') that mankind can hope to prevent such tragedies in the future.

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Link to the global context

The topic of socialism clearly links to the global context of "identities and relationships" , as by analyzing socialism in uk in the 20th century we explored people's beliefs and values in that era. We discovered how socialism affected families, friends , communities and cultures . Although people had mixed viwes about socialism it showsus what the attitude & motiations of the rich and the poor in uk in that era , it also shows the personal , mental , social and spiritual views of the rich and the poor in the uk.

In the play the Inspector does a speech and in his final lines Priestley's socialist message is delivered. He says:

“But just remember this. One Eva Smith has gone - but there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths left with us, with their lives, their hopes and fears, their suffering and a chance of happiness, all intertwined with our lives and what we think and say and do. We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught in fire and blood and anguish.  Good night.”

The play “An Inspector Calls” is set in 1912, when the society was identical to a Victorian Society. Socialism was very fresh and popular.

The author presents his socialist beliefs through Inspector Goole. He thinks that the rich should support the poor, and pay higher taxes, based on how much they earn. He proposes an idea of living together as one community, of protecting each other.

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The Difference between capitalist and Socialist society

The main difference between a capitalist and a socialist society is the way the government works. A capitalist society believes in the economy being in the hands of people. It allows innovation and the ability to try new ideas, leaving the results to either a success, or a failure. A socialist economy believes in the government should control everything. This would allow a more planned approach to the economy saving resources and having a more predictable outcome.

Socialism developed in the United Kingdom as a series of claims about the economy, and as a reaction to the inequalities associated with the growth of industrialism.

It advocated a variety of social alternatives to the individual ownership of industrial capital - central control, local control, workers' control - and co-operation and fraternity as alternatives to the individual competition and conflict which it saw as characterizing capitalism.

Socialism in Britain has been predominantly democratic, both seeing democracy as a natural expression of human rights, and the politics of argument and reason, rather than of insurrection, as the only appropriate way of securing reform.

But whilst socialist politics were democratic, it was seen principally as only a means to social and economic reform, rather than an important area in its own right.

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The social democratic alternative to capitalism was thus also a democratic alternative to the managerial and despotic communism which developed in Russia after 1917 and in Eastern Europe after the end of the Second World War in 1945.

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