C.S. Lewis: The Judiciously Remote Socialist

In a NY Times op/ed piece that is creating a lot of buzz right now, David Bentley Hart says:

"I . . . am a proud son of the European Christian socialist tradition, especially in its rich British variant, as exemplified by F.D. Maurice, John Ruskin, William Morris, R.H. Tawney and many other luminaries (including, in his judiciously remote way, C.S. Lewis) . . ."

In which of Lewis's writings are his (judiciously remote) socialist tendencies most evident?

Here's one more example of a socialist who will say anything that might encourage you to give up your money and freedom.

Lewis' comments in his 1945 Essay, Membership:
...modern collectivism is an outrage upon human nature.
…(this is) an age when collectivism is ruthlessly defeating the individual in every field (except faith).
...collectivism has (almost) conquered secular life, that is the enemy's stratagem.

I note that Lewis's essay is directed against collectivism, not socialism.

>4 MyopicBookworm:

Last night I reread Lewis's "Willing Slaves of the Welfare State". That essay also doesn't use the word "socialism", but it seems clear that he is not just talking about the Soviet Union.

Perhaps myopia doesn't help in seeing the similarities in communism, socialism, and collectivism. I encourage prayer.

Prayerful reading might reveal the similarities in Christianity and collectivism. Acts 4:32. Philippians 2:4. I John 3:17.