Show WORD MEANINGS by benjamin decasseres in tho the washington herald many of the words worda wo we uso use nowadays have ceased to have auy any 4 tho the word democracy for instance Is now tried by the communists means the twe tle of the people communism means the rule of the that Is ly by only one class clam of people the very lowest and the purpose to exterminate the middle and upper clase that la is not democracy which means mcana all the people but oligarchy tho the radicals call fundament aud and constitutionalist amerl caff j reactionaries whereas a reactionary means ono one who alio seeks to retura to ancient and outworn forms of social and political organ leation such buch for instance as those that make the state all powerful and abolish the common rights of individuals reactionaries are arc actually thus I 1 fascists communists and socialists eliberal A liberal used to mean one who was opposed to centralization and regimentation in those matters that concern tile the individual alone today men call themselves lib oraly who support every crackpot scheme to make the individual a parasitic growth on tile general public they now call these schemes scheme social legislation r tho dictionary Is however still a good guide in defining one word and that la Is individualist there la Is no mistaking what that word means it meana an independent man two words tinted hated by all communists fascists ajia reactionary liberals Ubern la and socialists |