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In their plans for the reconstruction of society the collectivists commit, in our opinion, a twofold error. While speaking of abolishing capitalist rule, they intend nevertheless to retain two institutions which are the very basis of this rule -- Representative Government and the Wages' System.
As regards so-called representative government, we have often spoken about it. It is absolutely incomprehensible to us that intelligent men -- and such are not wanting in the collectivist party -- can remain partisans of national or municipal parliaments after all the lessons history has given them -- in France, in England, in Germany, or in the United States.