The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-16

fact that It is warmer in summer than
it is in winter. Life is too short to
advocate anything. The truth does
not need to be advocated; and when
we advocate lies, we only find our
selves going to war or trying other
folks of heresy. All the truth needs is
to be noticed; and I cannot help
noticing that America is the most
Communistic civilization that ever
was.
The only trouble with America is
that she has not noticed this. She is
trying to be individualistic In a Com
munist order, just as the church tried
to be orthodox long after orthodoxy
was impossible.
Nobody can be individualistic in
America. 1t takes the labor of mil
lions now to keep each one Of us alive;
and if anything goes wrong with any
body, something goes wrong with
everybody. People may still have in
dividualistic theories, but they cannot
live by them. The church tried it and
died. The government is still trying
it and is failing fast.
Getting Into Mess.
The government imagines that
American interests thruout the world
can somehow be distinguished from
human interests; and just look at the
mess that we are getting into. We
are trying to be great and we are be-
coming great nuisance. We are en-
couraging everybody to fear US;
which, of course, means that they will
hate us. We are doing about every
thing we can to manufacture ill-will
and war.
Just now, for instance, in company
with the other little-minded big ma
tons, we are trying to assert American
interests in China-putting it up to
the Chinese to look out for Chinese in
terests. 1t is an utterly wrong point
of view. America has no business in
China except to look out for Chinese
interests, nor in Europe except to adj
vance European interests. If we were
70 follow that policy, we would make
friends instead Of enemies; and that
is the only way, in a Communistic or
der, that ones own interest can be
served
For human nature is Communistic.
1t wants TO serve; and when it is
freed from the theory Of individualism,
it devotes itself to the service of the
other fellow. Service begets service
and love begets love. The teachings
If Jesus, as given in thebgospel, the
worlds greatest human drama, are
not lofty sentiments and noble notions
as to how life ought to beilived. They
are straightforward statements OF the
truth about human life, showing the
only possible way that II can be fully
lived; and anyone who pursues the
policy Of individualism instead is
sadly misinformed.
Opinion on War.
National government, as we know Il
today, inevitably leads TO international
war, just as our motions of domestic
government inevitably lead TO social
war. We are making war, for instance,
upon the so-called criminal element in
all our American cities; and the
harder we wage this war, the more
crime there is. AS a matter OF fact,
there is no criminal element. A crimi-
nal is merely little brother with an
individualistic outlook lie is not bad.
He Is not inhuman. He IL quite as
human as a preacher; and the chances
are that he got his individualistic out
look in the FIRST place from the church.
The church may have, got him to
thinking that the biggest business he
could engage In Wa the aaluation az