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Russell was an aristocrat and enjoyed excellent schooling, and thus knew how freedom and idleness could produce excellence. He was a socialist because he realiz
by thundergolfer 1y ago
Russell was an aristocrat and enjoyed excellent schooling, and thus knew how freedom and idleness could produce excellence. He was a socialist because he realized that non-aristocrats generally had no shot at his kind of life without it.
- kubb 1y agoWell, yeah, that's rare among aristocracy though. Look at today's billionaires, they'll tell you that you should work until you drop dead.