Socialism

Thoroughgoing Socialism
Socialism

Thoroughgoing Socialism

“Either phony elections or no elections at all—that is what thoroughgoing socialism will mean, no matter who brings it in—hard-headed Bolsheviks, soft-headed Social Democrats, or genteel liberals.” ~Max Eastman

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Fairy Tale
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Fairy Tale

“We are still beguiled by this other fairy tale: that a group of liberal-minded reformers can take charge of the economy and approximate a free and equal society.” ~Max Eastman

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Animal Egoism
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Animal Egoisms

“The crude animal egoisms of men and classes of men thus grab ideas and use them, not as heroic lights to action, but as blinds to hide inaction or actions that are too base.” ~Max Eastman

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States of Passion
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States of Passion

“The most persistent and most threatening enemy of the scientific attitude is the disposition of men to think what they want to think, to bend the results, and pervert its authority, to the support of their purposes and states of passion.” ~Max Eastman

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Socialist Religion
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Socialist Religion

“Marxism was a step from utopian socialism to a socialist religion–a scheme for convincing the believer that the universe itself is producing a better society… ” ~Max Eastman

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Socialist Dogma
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Socialist Dogma

“The separation of church and state is one of the main measures of protection against tyranny. But the Marxian religion makes this separation impossible…” ~Max Eastman

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