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spe cie sof con tem por arysup ers titio n,wh ich with ers aw ay be fo re the col d scruti ny of log ica l an aly sis . Its pro per pla ce is among the myths and leg en ds of the rat ionalism of the 20 th cent ur y. Un for tunate ly, th is self-impos ed igno r­ anc e affe ctsno t onl ytota lita rian "Lib era ls," but als o the san er members of the com­ mu nit ies among wh om the y cir cul ate . Let us, the ref ore ,cons ide rsome of the dec eits that har dhear tedcomrad esfoist upo n soft­ hea ded inn oce nts . 1. Co mmun ism is an id ea . Th ere for eit cannot be stop ped by any dis pla yof for ce. Sin ce the mu dd led "L ibe ral " del igh ts in the de sig na tio n of "ra tiona list ," he can ea sil ybe charm ed ,if no t com ple telyhyp no­ tized, by the sugg est ionthat he is in full est con tact with the "i de as " of the fut ur e. Th eir spe ll is all the mor e overpo we rin g bec ause the mu dd led "L ibe ral " is not exa ctl y sur e wh at an ide a is. But if the ide a sho uld happen to be of Commun ist or igi n, it wil l ass ure dly pos sess ma gical pro per ties un tou cha bleby bou rge oisfor ce. He nce all leg al eff or ts of cap ital ist coun­ trie s to take app rop ria te,for cef ulme asu res to saf egu ardex ist en cear e—byde fin iti on— fut ile. Ye t wh ile he veh ement lycon dem ns eve ry displa y of "b ou rge ois for ce" to rest rain Communis tcon spi rat ori alac tivity , the tota lita rian"L ibe ra l"bla ndl y ref use s to admi t the gla rin gfa ct that So vie tfor ce, and no t Communist ide as, ha s been the de cis ivefac tor be hin dthe Iron and Bamb oo Cur tain s. 7 2. Th e chall engeof comm un ismcan be met on ly b y soc ial re fo rm . Th is my th of muddl ed libera lismpre sup pos esthat So vie t power ha s su cce ed edon ly bec ause of un­ solved so cia lev ils . Ac tua lly,ext rem esoc ial ine qu itie shad ex ist ed in cer tain cou ntr ies for cen tur ies befor e the rise of commun ­ ism. Ta ke Ch ina . Wh atmade communism 7 For this and the superstit ionof the "lost 'Lib­ eral,' " se e William Henr y Chamberlain, "Fal­ lac ies about Communi sm," Free man 1:62 8-30 , July 2, 1951 . i s rary tition, w i re i l l sis. ds i alis ry. tunately, i . ed • Hects ly rian "Liberals," - ities g late. fore, i r earted es - nts. unism idea. fore y . led i ral" ts tion ti nalist," ed, l tely - , estion t s" e. ll ering le i ral" tly l e ist i in, dly i l ties t chable bourgeois . legal efforts of capitalist - s r riate, ful res to safeguard existence are--by definiti - il . il e tly ns y rgeois i nist atorial i , l rian i ral" ly s it i g t , nist s, i ive d o C t i s. 7 e lle ge f unism l i, f r . i e lis s poses t t e ed l - l il . l y, t e i l ities e ies t ries e - . i . hat i tition - l,' l i - i is ,'' I : ,

triumph in China wa s not the ab sen ce of so cial refo rm, but the intr usio n of a gro up of pro fess ional rev olu tion ari es wh o had be en trai ned in the So vie tUnion to agg ra­ vat e thos e evi ls. Mao's pro fes sional revo­ lut ion ary arm y suc cee ded onl y be cau se it knew how to imp ose its ruth less wil l upo n def ens eles spea sant s whom it is now gri ev­ ou sly ma ltre atin g. 3. Let 's clean up ou r own ba ck ya rdfir st. Th is temptin gdis tra ctio nis but a va ria tio n of the dec eit of soc ial refo rm. By en tic ing "pr ogr ess ive s" to con centra tethei r zeal and emoti ona l anxie tie s upo n thos e inj us tic es which can be det ect ed in eve ry cou ntr yon ear th, Commun ist pro pag and ists hope to ma ke the pub lic for get all about Ru ssi a's imperiali stexploit atio ns. Th us wh ile "L ib­ era ls" are enga ged in cle an sin g the mo te from the ey e of Wes tern dem ocr acy ,Com­ mu nis t con spir ators can bus y thems elv es wit h bu ild ing the bea m of fur the r So vie t ag gre ssi on . Som etime sthis Communistdec ept ionha s bee n eff ective lyused on sin cer elyaposto lic- mi nd ed Cath olics , som e of whom fin d it mu ch "n ice r" to deb ate the nu an ces of Ci t iz en sh ip Ther e are no Amer ica nCo mm un ist s —on ly Comm un ist sin Am er ica. Th ere ar e no Fre nch or Ch ine se Commun ist s —on ly Co mm un ist s in Fra nce or in Chi na. —GEORGEMEANY . pap al encyc lica lsthan to en ga ge in ant i- Commun ist act ion. Eso ter ic dis cus sio n alw ay s ha s its inte llec tual gr ati fic ati on s. Pruden tcoun ter-Commun ist ac tiv ityca n be ver y pro saic and un appea lin g. Communis t conspir ato rs, how eve r, never comp lai n abou t neg lec t of eff ec tiv eac tio n, wh eth er by apo sto lic-min dedCat hol ics or by con ­ fus ed rati onalists . 4 . Th e Am er ica nCo mm un ist Pa rt y is on ly a poli tica l pa rty . Th is is one of the l , si f i al tio aries t - l . f si nal - r ed se les l seles s - ating. ' yard fi st. i i g ction tion l . i ing ogres ives" te t l i ties stices e y t , ist andists li 's i l st e ations. il i - l ge si g acy, C - i t t rs elves il i g r t es ion. Sometimes this Communi t deception has been effectively u d on sincerely apo tolic- e oli , much "nicer" to debate the nuances of i enship e ican unist --o ly unist erica. er i se ist --o ly unist .- E M . l licals ge i ist i . ic ion s ll tual tification . e t c - o muni t i ity s i pealing. ni t ators, r, lain t l t tive , r t lic- inded olics - fused rationalists. . erican unist rty rty. i l ti l

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