The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-22
WHAT is SOCIALISM ?

july
socialism is the opposite of indi-
.snali.m; it is the result of evolu.
v'u' and the manifestation of the
.lrl to social organization.
sI No society can exist without Co.
a.s,iop. without some form of
vVlnhind tie between its members.
% Sln socialism is naught but the
. nu Of all the social factors to
s.nome social; that is, to be consoli.
ystsd in common action necessary
|r The ratification, the individuali
~, r,ton of the social body.
''I In . word, socialism is of social
essence; it is the principle, the law,
The aim of social life; it is, finally,
. .o becoming conscious of
itself Of superior societies.
We live at time when it is i'm
nossible to deny that the social idea
ss in the air." it penetra,es every
xhere from top to bottom of soci-
etv. called forth, sustained and for.
flied by the constant awakening of
social consciousness and the in.
| creasing organization of the social
understanding. History has never
offered the thinker like spectacle
Of a social tendency, of human aspi
rstions so universal.
There is no longer a question
about the struggle of an individual
or family for supremacy or power;
there are no longer simple questions
Of the rivalry of tribes, or castles, or
nations; it is no longer the triumph
Of this or that divinity which en.
crosses mortals; we dream no more
Of apotheosis or dedication; no, men
are absorbed in matters not of the
skies but of the earth; humanitarian
dreams no longer suffice to satisfy
the thirst for justice and 10 cain
suffering; what these must have is
immediate realization in place Of
theories what everyone wants is to
have his share in the social advau.
tsges which he maintains and de-
yelops by his labors, because he is
becoming more and more conscious
| Of the part he plays in the socia
machine.
There is the eliminating point,
the inexhaustible source of the ire
sistible forces of movement, which
draw modern societies towards a
AWfouud modification of their con-
dion, under penalty Of an inevita.
bAupheaval.
The character, the causes, the
conditions Of this social ev olution
are as yet hidden, being COMPOUNDED
with one another by theories and
|declamations, the noise of which
|lnakes us dizzy and blinds us.
Personal attacks, errors, and para.
|doxes cause in the clearest heads I'M
certainty and hesitation.
Modern society is very nearly in
sthe same situation as sick man
surrounded by physicians of differ
lent opinions Some, who are called
tine orthodox economists, wish to
leave the care of our happiness to
the natural play of interests; others,
a1all of enthusiasm, proclaim urbit
Set or bl, that they have discovered
the only infallible means of saving
humanity; others, who find more
Edihculty in getting listened to,
strive to make US comprehend the
utility of seeking for the fountain
mead OF our evils in place of allow
lag ourselves to be led astray by
appearances, and that reforms are
only matters of secondary impor-
lance.
Unfortunately, societies are like
aaaNlduals: they are impatient un.
'uftering, and give the prefer
eace to him who promises them i'm
mediate relief. Hence arises the
.Olstant triumph of palliatives and
expedients.
Let us cease to be under an illu-
s.oo' and recognize the fact that
" doctrine is no more capable
VI renoyating, by some touch of a
lsagic rlng, our poor, old society,
suan medicine Is capable of regener
, lung by its formulas physical sys-
,sns debllitated by disease or old
! we live on lies and contradic.