British elites promised sweeping social uplift immediately after the armistice

Evidence

On November 23, 1918, British prime minister Lloyd George spoke to a crowd in Wolverhampton, and his tone was one of reconciliation leaning toward revolutionary: “What is our task? To make Britain a fi t country for heroes to live in … [we] will lift those who have been living in the dark places to a plateau where they will get the rays of the sun.” — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 241

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: British ministers openly endorsed deficit-financed social reconstruction after the war — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism: An Intervention, 181; Wartime union power positioned workers to demand social rights after armistice. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 217; Wartime disruption generated a postwar window of optimism for liberal reconstruction — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 219

Broader Connections

• British ministers openly endorsed deficit-financed social reconstruction after the war #corroborates (0.90) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 181
• Wartime disruption generated a postwar window of optimism for liberal reconstruction #corroborates (0.80) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 219
• Wartime union power positioned workers to demand social rights after armistice. #expands (0.75) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 217