As leader of the laissez-faire radicals in England, James Mill was a master of political strategy, although some of his methods were rather morally deficient.
«Seguramente, cualquier aprobación de un "libre" mercado de esclavos indica la insuficiencia de los conceptos utilitarios de la propiedad y la necesidad de una teoría de la justicia».
"Surely, any endorsement of a 'free' market in slaves indicates the inadequacy of utilitarian concepts of property and the need for a theory of justice."
La teoría del conflicto de clases no comenzó con Karl Marx. Comenzó con dos libertarios franceses, y James Mill desarrolló una teoría similar en las décadas de 1820 y 1830.
The theory of class conflict did not begin with Karl Marx. It began with two French libertarians, and James Mill developed a similar theory in the 1820s and 1830s.