Chapter 4
The Case of France as an Ownership Society.
The Case of France as an Ownership Society.
The rest of the chapter details the tax system that led to much more massive concentration of wealth in the 19th century. Finally Caillaux used data to explode the myth that France was a country of small holdings. Such a myth of an emancipated country of equality under property ownership was comfortable for the nation to believe in. Once data proved it was exact opposite, progressive tax was introduced.
The chapter ends by looking at Capitalism as the Proprietarianism for the Industrial Age. Capitalism codifies the material and immaterial property ownership. It leads to supranational entities. They are above national laws. Capitalism is a political ideology that provides absolute protection to private property. In literature, Emile Zola's Germinal reflects the impact of capitalism. Proprietarianism's end is seen in the disappearance of salons and elegant balls from the literature. Capitalism is more an urban phenomena. It's the new justification story for the inequality.
Next chapter looks at Sweden and Britain.
Almost reading at the rate of 20 pages these days. The book might get over in two months at this rate.
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