This socialistic culture finds in the present condition of society, plenty of problems to hand, and in its treatment of these problems a vigorous socialistic type of life is developed.

The most pressing problem is concerned with the distribution of material and spiritual goods.

Material goods and the opportunity for spiritual culture that go with them have been largely a monopoly of the aristocracy.

Now arises a demand for a more equal distribution, and this is felt to be a right demand, not only from the point of view of justice, but also for the sake of spiritual culture itself.

So it is that the movement for the social amelioration of the masses starts.