Chesterton: "By Refusing To Punish The Powerful... We Turned To Persecution Of The Poor"

G.K. Chesterton' Least Known Book, "William Cobbett," May Be His Most Politically Insightful

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/07/gk-chesterton-least-known-book-william.html

"Hamlet and The Psychoanalyst" by G.K. Chesterton

Excerpt:

"Capitalism was allowed to grow into a towering tyranny in England because the English were always putting offAn their popular revolution, just as the Prince of Denmark put off his palace revolution.

They lectured the French about their love of bloody revolutions, exactly as they are now lecturing the French about their love of bloody wars.  

But the patience which suffered England to be turned into a plutocracy was not the patience of the saints; it was that patience which paralyzed the noble prince of the tragedy;  --accidia -- and the great refusal.  

In any case, the vital point is that by refusing to punish the powerful we soon lost the very idea of punishment; and turned our police into a mere persecution of the poor."

G.K. Chesterton: Reformers And Radicals

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-reformer-is-always-right-about-what.html

G.K. Chesterton: The French Revolutions And The Irish

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/07/gk-chesterton-french-revolution-and.html

G.K. Chesterton: Rich People Are The Real Anarchists 

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/04/gk-chesterton-rich-people-are-real.html

Pax On Both Houses: Compendium Of G.K. Chesterton Posts

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/10/pax-on-both-houses-gk-chesterton-posts.html