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The Socialists Despise Mankind
According to these writers, it is
indeed fortunate that Heaven has bestowed upon certain
men—governors and legislators—the exact opposite
inclinations, not only for their own sake but also for the sake
of the rest of the world! While mankind tends toward evil, the
legislators yearn for good; while mankind advances toward
darkness, the legislators aspire for enlightenment; while mankind
is drawn toward vice, the legislators are attracted toward
virtue. Since they have decided that this is the true state of
affairs, they then demand the use of force in order to substitute
their own inclinations for those of the human race.
Open at random any book on
philosophy, politics, or history, and you will probably see how
deeply rooted in our country is this idea—the child of
classical studies, the mother of socialism. In all of them, you
will probably find this idea that mankind is merely inert matter,
receiving life, organization, morality, and prosperity from the
power of the state. And even worse, it will be stated that
mankind tends toward degeneration, and is stopped from this
downward course only by the mysterious hand of the legislator.
Conventional classical thought everywhere says that behind
passive society there is a concealed power called law or
legislator (or called by some other terminology that designates
some unnamed person or persons of undisputed influence and
authority) which moves, controls, benefits, and improves mankind.
Clark Simmons, Webmaster
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