ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses Socialist civilization. A Socialist civilization is one in which the past victories of humanity are not thrown away, or bombed into unrecognizable fragments because they have been misapplied, but are used as a basis for further conquests in the interests of ordinary, decent people. We believe that it is possible to build a Socialist civilization without throwing overboard all the institutions that grew up under capitalism, good and bad alike. We believe that we need cast away only those things which necessarily belong to a capitalist society and are not capable of being adapted to the needs of a Socialist society. The Right to Work, and there with the Right to Leisure after work, must be built into our new foundations. The workman can have freedom under the new large-scale industrialism, provided that the employer is not left free to damp down production in order to preserve his profits.
