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Debs on Violating the Sedition Act: Society and Class Quotes
I believe, as all Socialist do, that all things that are jointly needed and used out to be jointly owned […] (16)
Debs is making a distinction here. Not every business or industry needs to be taken over by the government, only the largest and most socially significant.
Quote #5
[…] before we may truly enjoy the blessings of a civilized life, we must reorganize society upon a mutual and cooperative basis. (21)
Debs is speaking here of a very fundamental shift, which supposes that individualism and competition can be overcome as American values