The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-07-23
THE TEACHINGS OF SCIENCE.

ethnology, supplies ample evidence tt
prove that primitive man began his
career on this earth as an extreme in
dividualist or anarchist, il you please
1t also proves that the Aryan and
Semitic races, who, unassisted, worked
their way from sayagery to barbarism
and thence to civilization, each passed
through many phases of economic and
political development. This science
also proves that there is law of de-
velopment that, in the last analysis,
dominates all social institutions; such
as the moral, religious, domestic and
political life of the individuals COM
rrising the body social. EthEology
teaches that, no matter how remotely
two races may be situated from each
other, that, making allowance. for va
riatiOnS in natural surroundings, in
the same stage of social development,
the thoughts, acts and characteristics
OF these two races, as made manifest
in their social institutions, will be
much the same. In the light of the
above teaching, we contend that all
races, who, unassisted, have reached
the stage OF civilization called capital
Ism have passed from anarchiAm to
communism, thence to a higher status
OF individualism, and that all those
who have reached high state of cap
italist civilization, like England.
France, Belgium, Germany and the
United States, are now ripe for the
change back to higher form of COM
muniSm.
Among all primitive societies the
form of government was some type of
democracy, and the unit of such So
cieties was the gems, but as soon as
gentle society, that was based upon
communal property, gave way to po-
itical society that is based upon pri-
7ate or individual property, then did
The form of government change from
that OF democracies to republics and
hionarchies as we now know them to-
day.
Taking the above facts as the basis
OF our argument. and at the same time
viewing the future in the light of the
past. our conclusion. is that the ten
dency in all highly developed capt.
tallst states Is not toward imperial
Ism. as personified in monarchy, but.
On che contrary, toward higher type
ct democracy to harmonic with the
E'gher type of communal property
thu, in the near future, must take the
place OF the present system of private
property in all capitalist countries if
social progress is to continue.
The history of the Aryan and Sem
itic races proves beyond doubt that the
line. of least residence, socially has
been from individualism to commun-
ism, from communism back to individ-
ualism, and the logic of events now
goes to show that the line of least re-
sistance, socially, for the further
progress OF these two races is from in
dlvldualism back to communism. If
this proposition be true, then all say
age. barbarian and semi-civilized ma
tons must follow in the footsteps of |
the Aryan and Semitic races would |
they live in harmony with the law of |
social development.
GOVERNMENT UNDER GENTLE
SOCIETY.
In order that we may show clearly.
In fact, prove, the above thesis. We
sLali draw very freely from Lewis H. |
Morgans' Ancient Society," He d.
rides the prehistoric period into six
sthnic stages-three of savagery and
three of barbarism, the last stage of
oarbarism ending with the discovery
81 the phonetic alphabet that, in turn,
sshered in the historic period. or civ
iiizatioil. He shows, after the first
stage OF savagery up to the advent Of
cYiizatlon, that all property prac-
tlcaily was held in common by the
init OF gentle society, usually the
gems. and that. as we stated in the he
ginning, the government was some
form of democracy.
Under primitive society the gems
was the unit and 1t was composed of .
sonsanguine family, with the same
lame and the same language. A
'nratry was composed of number Of
'ens that spoke the same language. A
rlDe was composed of a number Of
,hratries speaking the same language
confederation was composed of a