An Inspector Calls Context Flashcards
The playwright 13/9/1894-14/8/1984
J.B Priestly was a socialist
Priestley surrounded himself with ‘people who read a great deal, cared a lot for the arts and preferred real talk and hot argument to social chit chat.’
He found himself having political discussions with his father’s socialist friends.
What is socialism?
“The establishment of a system of society based upon the common ownership and democratic control of the means and instruments for producing and distributing wealth by and in the interest of the whole community.”
The Socialist party of Great Britain.
a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
What is Capitalism?
An economic system where things are owned by people or an individual and where people have to work for money.
