Edward A Filene's book, "The Way Out" Explains How Propagandists Rise to Power.From what I have read of Shawn Fain, I have little respect for the man's tactics. He appears to be a radical propagandist and a fully-enable demagogue as described in Filene's book, "The Way Out." "Behind most of the extreme and ill-considered revolts of our time there is a grain of truth, some legitimate ground for protest which has too long been ignored by those whose hands are on the levers of power and authority. This bit of truth, in the hands of reckless doctrinaires, is inflated into a dangerous falsehood and made the inspiration of a radical propaganda which, now and then, flames into actual revolution. "Revolutions never spring from pure theory. Wide spread discontents are never born of the imagination alone. Revolutions may be fed and fanned by designing theorists. They may be harnessed to utterly indefensible programs by able demagogues, but usually they have their beginning in some legitimate protest." Edward A. Filene, "The Way Out, 1924 Select the image or the link below to read "Captains of Industry vs. Captains of Finance" and understand why we need more industrialist-driven and fewer capitalist-driven chief executives and fewer capitalist-driven chief executive officers.
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Peter E. GreulichPeter E. has been studying IBM and early American corporate history since his retirement in 2011. These are his thoughts and musings, and of those whose biographies and autobiographies he has read with links to articles and book reviews on this website. Contact the author directly.
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