The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-05-01
THE SOCIALISTS DREAM.

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THE SOCIALISTS DREAM.
One Of the most insidious forms
of anti-rcligion is to be found in
what has come to be called social
ism. The offspring of atheism in
it's most virulcnt mood, this sys-
tenn aims at the utter overthrow
Of the very laws of Nature. 1t
would pluck from the masses the
little good they have left after the
vicissitudes of life. 1t would fat
ten On ignorance and sheer credit
lily in order to work out it's sin
lister designs. Not stopping at the
material, socialism would dare en-
ter the realm of religion and
blackcn the work Of God in human
souls.
And how does ii make it's ap-
peal? With all the guile and cum
ming Of the usurious money lender.
1t beholds miscries which actually
exist: it yazeS upon the admitted
evils in the industrial systems of
the world, and shudders in feiencd
compassion: it views the sores up
on the body polite, and like a
uuack doctor offers noXiOus nos
trums as a panacea for all ills.
What remedies does it propose?
In the first place, do away with
all private ownership. Why ?
Why, in order that the leaders
may gain complete control of this
property. Marx prescribed this
remedy, and it enriched him. DO
away with "bosS' control, in or
der that socialist leaders may
dominate with an iron hand. Dis
tribute wealth broadcast-thco-
rcticall y-much the same as Her
man the magician might scatter
riches to an evening audience.
Again. Make common property
of all the possessions of the COM
munity, the state, the nation.
These acquisitions are the fruit of
work and planning, Of capital and
genius. Of brain as we'll as Drawn.
Mental eXertion exists and thrivcs
only when there is a definite goal
in sight. Genius operates in the
field Of advancement and better
mcnt and under the stimulus of
necessity or opportuneness. Take
away the goal Of personal achieve
ment, substitute a chimerical re-
ward, and intellect stagnates, eff
fort is dulled, and genius is
atrophied.
Nature cries out that there is a
God; socialism, like the fool of
Scri pture, Misses, There is no God.
The inward spark of, the soul at:
tests to a code of morals: this is
right and must be done, that is
wrong and must be stunned. The
socialist SCOTS at morals. True,
under socialism there would be no
divorce, for the simple reason that
there would be no marriage, no
more than marriage exists among
the brutes Of the field or the deni-
zens Of the barnyard everything
would be held in common, includ,
ing wives and .chattels.
The real diabolical nature OF
this system is discernible when
one considers that it seeks to build
its structure upon the misery and
the ignorance Of it's devotees. II
points to the evils that undoubted.
ly exist in society. In order to re.
pair the leak in the boat it would
blow the ship to pieces and then
gather the fragments, ito be hello
in common.
Catholics especially should be OIL
their guard lest they be drawn on
ward to destruction by the croal1
ing siren of socialism. The
Church has pointed out the indus
trial and social evils that are to bt
found in society. She has indi
Gated the remedies, and has urged
her children to beware the shoals
that lie in their path on the sea Of
socialism.
From time to time parties an6
sects, embodying the tenets Of so
cialism in one form or another
appear upon the political horizon
They offer plausible inducements
to the unWary. In reality, the,