Show THEORIES OF SOCIALISM i By AL BIORGE Chairman Americ a ani n i s m Committee VF V Names we should know in historic Socialism are Plato Engels Marx and Hegel Negel Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps the greatest of these would be Hegel Hegel- Georg Wilhelm Wilhelm Wil- Wil helm Friedrich Hegel lived from 1770 to 1831 1631 mostly in his native Germany MUCH l IS said about dialectics dialectics dialectics tics in Socialism Plato introduced introduced introduced intro intro- it but in its modern Socialistic So sense we ve must give Hegel credit for Cor its tion His theory was that any plan or system if allowed to grow to its ultimate would become become become be be- come its opposite The opposite thing would then eventually become become become be be- come its opposite Khrushchev said that Capitalism Capitalism Capi Capi- will eventually become become become be be- come Socialism and he would pluck us like an overripe fruit because Communist Socialism is the opposite to capitalism Hegel's dialectic theory became became became be be- came the foundation of the materialistic materialistic ma ma- theory of Engels and Marx and was later developed in the writings of Lenin HITLER and Mussolini also followed Hegel's philosophy According to the Encyclopedia Americana glorification tion of the state sate te as the ethical ideal was seized by Fascist theorists ns as intellectual justification justification justification cation for the a n state Before Hitler Bismark and the Prussian Junkers h had a d establishing establishing establishing adopted Hegel's views in lishing a stronger control over the lives of the people Socialized Socialized Socialized Social Social- medicine and other welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare reforms were put into operation operation operation op op- op- op thus paving the way for Hitler's Socialism Hegel believed believed believed be be- in the dictatorship of the proletariat dictatorship by la labor la- la bor He believed in a strong centralized government where where- in the life of every individual Was rigidly controlled OUTSTANDING in America were W. W T. T Harris J J. J Royce J. J E E. Creighton and Mary Calkins W. W T T. Harris Harri was US U.S. Commissioner of Education Education Ed Ed- for 17 years Being also a follower of Friedrich Froebel Froebel Froebel Froe- Froe bel a strong advocate of early control of the minds of the young Harris introduced the kindergarten into our school system John Dewey founder o of modem modern mod mod- em ern n day progressive education said that Acquaintance with Hegel has left a permanent deposit deposit deposit de de- posit on my thinking History of Philosophy pp HEGEL has left his mark on I the minds of many world leaders leaders lead lead- ers whose socialistic and dictatorial dictatorial dictatorial dicta dicta- theories have lead their nations to ruin All who have advocated a strong central government have ended as miserable mis miserable mise mis- erable crable failures If Hegel's dialectic theories would really work and Karl Marx l was hard put to find even one good example of its success success success suc suc- cess then it would mean that with every failure of a dictatorship dictatorship dictator dictator- I ship a new government would arise that was the opposite which would be the type of a Republic which we enjoy providing providing providing pro pro- viding free individual enter enter- prise TIllS THIS HAS not happened Once a government gets absolute absolute absolute lute control it can never seem to relinquish it |