The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-06-07
WHERE DO WE co FROM HERE?

In other words each one has a form
ula and if what is taking place, OF
is happening" or seems next in or
der or disorder, is not on the agenda
He will have none of it-unless II
fits his plan to T.
I'm not complaining. Pm only try
ing to be rational 20, silly boy). I'm
simply trying to get at the reason
why, in my more than half a century
of more than casual observation land
some participation) Western civiliza-
ton (Which is supposed to lead the
world has not moved forward, free
ly and consciously, morally and So
cially, hairs breadth. 1t has been
showed mechanically and scientifical-
ly, it has creened this way and that
and tottered the other (often from
decay, or self-inflicted mayhem, called
wars) but we have always fastened
to scotch it and at least force it to
stand still. Indeed we are happier
if it moves back little.
If a plan comes along that we like
we set our teeth into it and keep
them there till the cows come home.
Even the most "broad-minded" of us
can see through a needles one eye
with our two eyes. Hence we are al
ways seeing things" being surprised
and getting shocked
Just now we are seeing and becom-
ing greatly alarmed, left and right |
Right is the sacred COW which must
be coddled and handled on our knees. |
Left is a mad bull of the pampas
which should be butchered-or vica
versa, depending on who looks at |
what.
And so here we are at the juncture |
of the roads, just milling and mud |
ding around. 1t is obvious we can't |
stand still-i.e. as still as we would
like to. The crowd is pressing from
behind. Which way shall we go? The
old road has petered out The road |
to the left is plastered with signs
saying radicalism, communism, So
cialism, all of which are pronounced
with smear infection. This road,
1t is repeated over and over again,
really leads to chaos, war, destruc-
lion.
But the road we have come over
mas, from the very beginning, lead
is through all those things and more
up to our eyes in blood and tears
and starvation. 1t is getting so that
We have time for only one gasp when
We are hurried, harried and herded
nto another war This is the road to
he right, the right of the rightests
o ride the backs of the masses all
he days of their lives-and not to
are how short those days are.
At the same time the mouth-pieces
called common-taters) for dear old
capitalism spew out ;
NEAR words about totalitarianism of
he bottom, meanwhile casting invit- i
ng glances at the totalitarianism =
fascism) at the top. They chatter h
bout democracy when as a matter I
# fact we have only an empty form d
# democracy here in the land of its
firth. -
Democracy, as we practice it, is
My front" for industrial and eco
omic totalitarianism. We've got to
ave industrial democracy if we're
ding to get that full freedom we
ear so much about and see so little y
+. That unctious twaddle you hear g
democracy is largely poppy 3
ock intended to put saps to sleep. :
Yes, we liberals and progressives, t
few who are not afraid of +
he word radical (Which means pro- S
eeding from the root, have got to T
tick together or Wen hang together c
n the same cross-bar We can set 3
lie our little differences after we Il
ct our necks out of the nooses. n
What's my plan? Brother, I'm the
ne guy who hasn't a plan. I'm for ~
our plan, and yours and yours. I'm OF
0t looking for perfect plans. So put y
our plans all together. Remember II
10 story of the man who had seven =,
ms. He took seven sticks and bound 81
lem together and asked the sons to l,
'eak the bundle. They all tried it
Id couldn't. Then he united the hun h,
e and let them try it one at time. e,
was easy. di
Well, brothers, there we are.