OCR Text |
Show SOCIALISM THE PASSING OF SLAVERY. Socialism: Scientific sociology up to duto. All tho talk about "state socialism," "municipal socialism," "Christian socialism," so-cialism," etc., 1b just as sensible as it would be to talk about Btato mathematics, mathe-matics, municipal trigonometry, or Christian algebra. Socialism Is, theoretically, the science sci-ence that Investigates tho laws that govern tho life and growth of communities, commu-nities, Just as mathematics is tho science sci-ence of quantities, magnitudes, and numbers It Is the latcBt and greatest great-est of the sciences. Practically, Socialism is a world-wldo world-wldo movement proceeding from the proved fact Ihat individual production no longer exists; that In all civilized countries social co-operative production produc-tion Is the universal rule, and, therefore, there-fore, that prlvato ownership of tho social means of life must cease if Society So-ciety Is to live and progress. Socinllst science has ascertained tho fact, as Engels put St: "The wage-worker wage-worker is a slave In law aud In fact." That tho fact Is fundamental, and that law is something added to tho fact, to maintain, strengthen, facilitate, facili-tate, and defend the fact, and growing as tho fact grows. Socialist science has ascertained that slavery was very njlld and humanitarian hu-manitarian In it origin. It dates from tho time when tho ancient communal societies, having Improved their tools and means ot living, discontinued the practice of killing and eating their prisoners of war (a practice that was nover universal) and act them to assist as-sist in the work of the community, without, however, being mado freemen of the community. It is easy to be-Hovo, be-Hovo, as we are told that as long as. they were the servants of the community com-munity their lot was fairly good, and that thoy lived on the moat friendly terms with the community, but a change soon came. The offlco holder began to give himself him-self airs, because the community out of gratitude no doubt for their skill in war and wisdom In council, got Into tho weak habit of filling the election ofTIcers or war chlof, sachem, etc, with the sons of thcBc distinguished men, as they bocame vacant, thus aristocracy aristo-cracy and property arose, and tho community slnvos assigned to them, first as personal attendants, subae- ' quontly, as these aristocrats hecame ' more powerful, as the acquired land, and their "dignity" demanded that they set the' slave to work for them, no longer for tho community, but for tho sole behoof of these "nobles" them selves, who sot up "families" nnd genealogical trees to distinguish them from ordinary folk of "no family " Thus claa3 developed Into professional profes-sional warriors whose trade was war, which yielded them plenty of slaes. Thus was slavery born, and from that day to this has continued under chang"-Ing chang"-Ing forms, of which the present wage-slavery wage-slavery is tho latest and the last. The long dark of the slaves Is passing away. Aid it, voice and pcnl |