socialism of the chair

English

Etymology

Calque of German Kathedersozialismus.

Noun

socialism of the chair (uncountable)

  1. (historical, 1870s, derogatory) The policy, advocated by a group of German political economists, of state aid for the betterment of the working classes.

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