Edward A. Filene on "How 'Shawn Fain' Rose to Power"

"​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

To understand why we need more industrialist-driven chief executives and fewer capitalist-driven chief executives, read this article by Peter E. Greulich. Select the image above or the link below: "Captains of Industry vs. Captains of Finance."

Captains of Industry vs. Captains of Finance