the notion that socialism will come along, without putting anyone unduly out of joint, as simply an inevitable series of links in the evolutionary chain, is about as useful as a torn cartilage. The day of piece-meal reformism, considered as a total philosophy designed to bring about a society of equals, is over.
This is not to deny the solid contribution made in the past by those men and women who, impelled by its dynamic, dedicated to its humanistic content, were responsible for a great deal of enlightened reform. But to-day it is obvious that it is incapable of dealing capitalism a mortal blow. It is able merely to force accommodation to its demands in any given favourable period, leaving practically untouched the ancient and insupportable evils of poverty, inequality, and the flabby decadence of a corrupt society wondering desperately where its next gimmick is coming from.