The ideal society, then, would be divided into three classes: producers (farmers, prolétaires and business men), officials (soldiers and functionaries), and rulers. The latter would rule, but they would not officiate in government; the actual work of government is a menial task. The rulers will be philosopher–statesmen rather than office–holders. Their power will rest on the control of credit and the army; but they themselves will live more like soldiers than like financiers. They will be Plato’s guardians again; Plato was right—philosophers are the highest men. They will be men of refinement
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