The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-01
Class Interests

We might lapse into philosophical speculation
with the premise that the struggle between interests all inner
emily selfish lies back of the effort of the farmers class
better prices for their products the aborer class
to get more for their of the
goods the factory capital to increasing
margin of unearned profit all these efforts being only mani
feson of forced DEVELOPMENT of the instinct to survive
Pursuing this abstract philosophical explanation of weird
efforts people, arrive at the conclusion it
ceoe that we arc all overlookno certain basic things and our
efforts soundy founded would appear
start all again. with simple facua premises and
evolve and better life for all without deprivation for
anyone.
We have taught and that we have right
believe that that the earth with its potenaes and re-
of life belongs to the people of the earth AS man
kind has developed its ingenuity for the utilization OF the re-
of for existence and ultimately for greater
of living have finally at this time reached stage when
the necessities of life produceabe IN the greatest aDu
and human being should be able to en-
joy freedom from worry about his simple animal needs But
somewhere there has been sip and we fnd the sensee
condition existing of people actually going hungry surrounded
with storehouses literally gorged with food suffering from IN
weather with stacks of clothing piled up
and sheteress with building materials all around Some
where along the line they nicked for their vested rights
their proporonate share of the earth and its products
One would naturally think that those who engaged in
the production of the absolute necessities of life would be the
who should have the controlling interest in them and
seishy perhaps that they had all that they could
first of all But doesn't to work out that at
AS a matter of fact generally speaking, they get only
what supermposed authority grants them And this
superclass be said to be- if not more selfish than the
which they exercise authority at least they
age be inteligently selfish
All this course, elementary philosophical appraisal
and If we think # through and don't do ANYTHING about it. we
expect conditions become far instead of better
We expect selfish class lines to continue to be drawn ever
distinctly militany until approach
revolution total loss of material and cultural
of hundreds of Is that what want
that something to be avoided by ALL classes?
Since, however, discussion is predicaed the hypo
society has attained development
it's stature because of the primal instinct to survive
the only all classes consider possbi
y of change of routine to convince them all that their
survival is dependent such change.
We suggest such possibilities of change to
working people, of them will follow along But if
change suggested to that class which we the people
permitted usurp privileged position then into
difficulties So it is to try to convince by argument
that survive it must off its pedestal and do
it's share of digging with other classes.
These just vague random thoughts and probably not
at all practical They may also be considered subversive
under many broad definitions of that word which