Harold J. Laski: “The secret of avoiding general strikes does not lie in their…”

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The secret of avoiding general strikes does not lie in their prohibition but in the achievement of the conditions which render them unnecessary.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski emphasizes the importance of addressing the root causes of general strikes rather than simply prohibiting them.

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The contract is thus not general as with Hobbes but limited and specific in character.

If he stands alone, he has neither the knowledge nor the power to secure for himself proper protection.

It is an attempt to give each man as similar a chance as possible to utilize what powers he may possess.

Yet that does not render useless, even for our own day, the kind of work Locke did.

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