The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-18

THE REVOLT OF THE INDIvIDUALIsTs.
TNHERE we're indivdualists in the New America Some
4 4 were cured and happy, but many were still vain,
! pOmpOus Jealous Anxious for medals and special
wards. Afflicted with the Obsession of the elder world
that each was the center Of life and caused the
| sun to rise and SET e, ,..ss Il
i They did not believe in organization, but one day
they came together to organize revolt,
II used be great writer of novels" wept, and
ten thousand inteectuals read my books received
honor and royalties. Now million people read my
books and receive, mot royalties but workers
= - awful" ~.t~-
q was a shopkeeper, free man. was free to buy
IND SCI to cheat and be cheated" said another. "But
| I'm ave now-cant make any money-must work
with obers'
| Il was q technician. If it were not for me the fac
tories could not the enemy of the workers
their master Now their felow-worker and must
| pretend to be their friend"
| II worked my way up from the bottom and became
| a millionaire. Now there millionaires"
Il a superman," walled still another, "and they
took my income and forced me to work like everyone
else"
And and The complaints bitter
and there individuals at the meeting
ALI agreed point, however-that each Great
ed his life by his efforts, entitled to
| his special success And they sent delegation to
Young Proletaire and demanded return to individual
ism.
I'VE do not believe your social order" they said.
This n a hive army, mechanism that brushes
our souls. We free Give back little
shops our incomes our royalties and medals and rank
our godgiven right to feel better than others We
want freedom ss~a se.- es r.
Certainly" said Young Proetaire with a smile
i He had them shipped, of to- the Rocky Mountains,
where each given private farm hundred miles
from his neighbour There they free to stores
for themselves, to write novels teach their children,
grub their food dig irrigation dtches study Ian
guages make laboratory experiments, discuss phOs-
ophy, fell trees, build subways acquire libraries
and million dollars. Freedom Individualsm.
But not free Lone
some Impotent. They trooped back in week and
asked to be restored to their old jobs.
Nence is social 1t depends on numberless expert
men by centuries Of unknown workers." loa
-Nt is social 1t is the growth of mutitudes of minds
since the primitive" s sSg 4, ev..a
Language is social"
"An thought is social" sss ~. s-r- $500. -s4sa7e
can economic effort is social A million dollars is
created by communicated q man, ss
"And and on" Young Proletaire repeated
with bored expression them, for this old stuff
and only these hoary anachronsms hadn't heard of it.
And that ended that.
4 .a g. MANY EXPERIMENTS.
MANY experiments were tried under the leadership
An Of Young Proletaire. Everything seemed possible
Of accomplishment in the New America; there a
naive optimism abroad belief in miracles. And thus
many miracles did constantly take place sgsaA
Let us change the course Of the Gulf Stream. and
spread eternal spring over America" worker would
suggest to Young Proletaire. p. r. ,ss e.,
The leader did not command that the be thrust
into mad house. as was always happening under Coo
hdge - - t.. ts ss.. --l.
"A good idea. Have you plan 2" he would say, in
stead II there was a fair plan the nation tried such
expe| ments. =, s-r. -.
Me- grew afraid not Of experimenting but of standing
still, Once 1t had been said human nature could not
be changed. but now 1t was changing rapidly. 1t
found to be comfortable the nature OF horses or
dogs. Environment was the clue-and the community
now controlled environment
Young Proletaire established thousands of Behavior
list laboratory communes where the human nature Of
children was constantly changed and bettered thru
training Thus race of supermen being formed
Once there had been army. Many sincere people
believed murder OF mans heritage. But Young
Proletaire abolished the armyarmies only protected
private property and there private prop
erty he said.
After the army abolished, life went be-
fore, and liberals convinced murder was
| necessary