Media & Politicians

I'm reading a newly republished book, The Guild State, by GRS Taylor.

It's a very interesting book and shows why our forebears used the Guilds, and why early in the 20th Century people such as the Distributists in England and the Fascists in Italy sought to re-introduce the Guild system to give the workingman basic rights, to give communities cohesion, and to supply good quality goods at just prices.

For more on Guilds read Arthur Penty's books available in the FC online shop: www.politicalsoldier.net.

GRS Taylor's book will be available in the FC online shop soon!

Anyway, I just started the book and came across a right gem on the media and politicians, which I thought I'd share:

"...the journalists are part owners, part servants in this great governing business; and when they cry the virtues of its wares, it is not very different from what appears in the next column, where a soap manufacturer advertises that his soap is the best in the world."

The Guild State was originally published in 1919. What would GRS Taylor say if he could see The Sun ankrolling government war propaganda today - owned by the media mogul Murdoch whom potential Prime Ministers have to go visit to beg for backing...