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than he earns as a producer. Lafargue, "Del' Klassenkampf in Frankreich,"
Die nene Zeit, 12, no. 2 (1894), pp. 644, 616. [W3,4]
"Fourier, Saint-Simon, and other reformers re(ruited their followers ahnost exclusively
from the ranks of the artisans ... and from the intellectual elite of the
bourgeoisie. With a few exceptions, it was educated people who gathered around
them, people who thought they had not received from society consideration
sufficient to their merits . . . . It was the declasses, those who had transformed
themselves into daring entrepreneurs, shrewd businessmen, or speculators . ...
M. Godin, for example, . . . founded in Guise (in the departement of Aisne) a
Jamilistere according to Fourier's principles. In handsome buildings surrounding
a spacious, glass-covered square courtyard, he provided accommodations for numerous
workers from his plate-enameling factory; here they found, besides a
home, all necessary articles for daily use . .. , entertainments in a theater, concerts,
schools for their children, and so on. In short, M. Godin saw to all their
physical and spiritual needs, and moreover realized . . . enormous profits. He
earned the reputation of being a benefactor of mankind, and died a multimillionaire."
Paul Lafargue, "Del' Klassenkampfin Frankreich," Die neue Zeit, 12 no. 2
(Stuttgart, 1894), p. 617. [W3a,1]
Fourier on stocks and bonds: "In his T" aite de l'unite universelle, Fourier enumerates
... the advantages which this form of property offers the capitalists: 'It
does not run the danger of being stolen or damaged through fire or earthquake.
. . . A minor never risks being taken advantage of in the administration of his
money, since that administration is the same for him as for every other shareholdcr
. .. ; a capitalist can realize his property at any moment, even though he
owned a hundred million'; and so forth . ... On the other hand, 'the poor man,
though he have but one taler, can participate in the holding of public stock, which
is divided up into quite small portions, ... and hence ... can speak of our palaces,
onr storehouses, our wealth. ' Napoleon III and his cohorts in the coup el' etat
were very taken with these ideas; ... they democratized state revenue, as one of
them put it, by making it possible to purchase bonds for five francs or even one
franc. By such methods, they thought to interest the masses in the solidity of
public credit and preclude political revolutions." Paul IJafargue, '''Marx' historischer
Materialismus, Die neue Zeit, 22, no. 1 (Stuttgart, 1904.), p. 831. [W3a,2]
"Fourier is not only a critic; his imperturbably serene nature makes him a satirist,
and assuredly one of the greatest satirists of all time. ' Engels,3 cited in Rudolf
Franz, review orE. Silbcl'ling's Dictionnai,.e de sociologie phalanstelienne (Paris,
1911), Die neu.e Zeit, 30, no. 1 (Stuttgart, 1912), p. 333. [W3a,3]
The propagation of the phalanstery takes place through an "explosion." Fourier
speaks of an "explosion du phalanstere:' [W3a,4]
In England, the influence of Fourier combined with that of Swedenborg.
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