Tyler And Dalgetty, Continued

"The Sensitive Man," II.

Dalgetty's historical summary:

19th century - rampant individualism legally but also strait-jacketing social pressure and custom;

20th century - women's emancipation plus divorce and privacy laws break down social rigidity while, however, legal control tightens up through governmental functions, steeper taxes and increasing regulation of individual life;

21st century -

no more war, conscription or rationing;
increasing individual freedom from both law and custom;
elements opposed to libertarianism;
a new science of human behavior that can be used for mental and social control -

- although he then says that such control cannot be gained either quickly or easily.