Show CONTROL FOR THE LOVE or OF CONTROL how does socialism come to a country A vivid and historically tori cally accurate answer to that question has been supplied by dr franklyn bliss snyder president emeritus of northwestern university socialism lays its chilling hand on a nation the way old age overtakes us human beings he said no nation so far as I 1 know ever said go to it after next thursday we will all be socialists no the affliction comes gradually and usually without discomfort in its early stages but the ultimate result is unhappiness national destitution and slavery the only way to fend it off is to be alert to the symptoms and take proper measures to eliminate them in this way socialism can be kept at bay for though old age is inevitable socialism is not anthony eden put the case against socialism well when he said last summer the socialist party is far too much given to control for the love of control in restricting liberty in small matters they are playing into the hands of those who would suppress liberty in the greater things of life the more we are conditioned to control the weaker becomes that sense of personal responsibility that in the past has been our strength as a nation control for the love of control is a characteristic of all the iams isms sms socialism communism nazism or what have you the appetites of those who seek ever increasing power over others is insatiable the ideals of sincere men are perverted to the use of the tyrant classical socialism stands for the maintenance of individual liberty yet never in history has that been possible as a practical matter as weary england has demonstrated we must nip socialism in the bud or it will engulf us could anything be more stupid than capitalism subsidizing socialism to prevent communism clarence Lar larkin kill |