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PERTH, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1946.
SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR.
Confusion is Rife About the Meaning of Socialism A.L.P. "Socialisation Objective" Not Necessarily Repugnant to Catholics order and to forget that, is to make an unnatural and therefore ultimately unworkable plan. And the Socialist mentality is a constant danger in doing just that: forgetting that man is not just a unit, but is an individual person. "The Government should see to .!" This is becoming more and it. more the formula of the social reformThe tragedy is that the "Govers. see to it, since it is there ernent" to do what popular clamour demands. Of course, in many cases it is true that the ''Government" should see to it. But the tendency. is to expect the State
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can you hope to escape the curse of Only where the State-Omnipotence. Christian philosophy of the spititual nature of man is upheld, with its consequent teaching on the inherent rights of man as a person, can you escape the The State enslavement of mankind. tyranny of the Tsar or the Capitalist by the King must not be replaced
tyranny of the bureaucratic State. Such a remedy would be worse than
the disease. There are many who reject the vio- and the Absolute. Omnipotent State lent, revolutionary and terrorist met. annihilating the freedom of the indiviWhen men ask, "What has the points Pope the as dual, seem, it would church to offer in solving the social hods of Communism, but who seek to the towards is "drifting it that out, Communist question?" the answer is "Everything." bring about the ultimate objective by peaceful and evolutionary truth which Christian tradition has alNeither the Church nor anything else means which they describe as "Social- ways held in respect; for it cannot be gradually to take over every depart- can offer a blue-print plan that can strikoften ourselves programmes to hand its that ment of our living; ism" harmonises with Christian teach- denied automatically solve every human social ingly approach the just demands of over by degrees to be bound hand and' problem. ing. But the Church, and only foot by red-tape regulations, till we the Church, can teach sound fundamenIt is often suggested that the objec- Christian social reformers." interis our by Thus the term "Socialism" are powerless to move at all tive of the Australian Labour Party is tal principles in the light of which all e,ted in widely different meanings. own initiative ,and can move only such problems must be approached "Socialism." The Constitution of the the that to claim to chooses much too not is "Government" aim It the its when that show to quoted is A.L.P. and apart from which there is only disgeneral interpretation of the terms as move us. is "the Socialisation of Industry, Proaster ahead. It is not just that the not does that is one of which This is that "Servile State" duction, Distribution and Exchange." used in Australia Church tried to make men good, and grinCatholic Hellos svrtn conflict ago. long the necessarily so of wrote That is so. But the remainder that you cannot make a good society The words ciples. cause is seldom quoted. -minded peo- with bad men any more than you can materialistic more The But, admitting all this, the "Social- pie become, the more they will be re- make a good omelet with bad eggs. that follow are: "and also to secure to the people complete Political, Religi- ists mentality" is fraught with danIt is only that the sound morals of the to being treated as mere mato human liberty. We need con- terial or mechanical things. The ma- Church make for good citizenship. It gers Freedom ous, Industrial and Cultural stant vigilance lest efficiency of pro terialist that the age-old teaching She has in accordance with the ideals of the the is t outlook denies not only duction and distribution be purchased fact of God, but the fact also of man's ever propounded on the nature and When the to Australian people." most The freedom. the of price called "socialisation objective" is con- at To the materialist destiny of man and the individual spiritual nature. sidered in the light of these words, delicate problem of those who would man is esstntially only something like rights that are his as a person, and bethere is a vast difference between the frame any "new order" is to preserve the ant. except that as a collection of cause he is a child of God, must be at It is together efficiency and liberty. Socialism envisaged by the A.L.P. and chemicals he is a little more compli- the back of every piece of social legisthe Socialism of the ."Omnipotent easy to hand over to government - di- cated! lation that is framed, The social proA materialist is so unrealis. in "experts to bureaucratic and between rection State" or "Totalitarianism" tic that he sees no essential difference grammes of Christianity as given by of If which and Communism there is only a planning" the whole management Our Lord in one pregnant sentence: and a baboon. between Beethoven distinction of method in attaining *4 our lives; what we shall eat, where we you believe man is only an animal you "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and live, shall we house what in work, shall and all these things objective. His justice . . will surely treat him Its only an aniPope Pius XI. (in "Quad. Anno"). what education we shall give to our mal. It is this glaringly fallacious shall be added unto you." children, what they are to be when Philosophy of materialism that leads to while upholding the right of private Admittedly it is a gigantic task to property, clearly states that unbridled they "grow up," the care of their the Servile State which, denying man's bring men to see and recognise all' health, the provision of their food and free -competition, and still more. econpstrips him of any real nature, this. But it is not impossible. The mic domination, must be kept within clothing, what they and we will thinkspiritual freedom and "personality," and views task does suppose a new. world-wide It is easy to secure efflef. him as worse mere cog Crusade of Christian zeal and Christjust and definite limits, and must be and say! slave-a than a at the price brought under the effective control of encv of social order This tendency tian education. The greatest tragedy the social machine, It is easy to build a in public authority, in matters appertain- of slavery. towards the materialism of State Sup - of our age is that the forces of Godmachine-if State -working It . smoothly competence. latter's this ing to remacy is the most dangerous feature man is treated as just a mechanical of any Socialist programme, even of lessness and materialism have soof largeis rightly contended that certain forms the thing like a cog in an engine. It is the modified "Socialisation objective" ly assumed the leadership a share of property must be reserved to the masses, and have had so large State, since they carry with them an easy to secure orderliness and uniform. of the A.L.P. In come. to things of shaping the in opportunity of domination too great to ity when it is a matter of assembling this respect Communism is a challenge The great dilemma. then, confronting But a man is not a thing he left to private individuals without a machine. modern social thinkers is to secure a to the Christian conscience and to Ca, Men are injury to the community at large. Just just like a cog in a machine. another. scientific and efficient "planned econ- tholic zeal. demands and desires of this kind con- not made all the same as one is not omy" and at the same time preserve Our next article will be devoted to tain nothing opposed to Christian That is not man's nature: that human liberties and the sweet sanities emphasing this point. He is not truth. nor are they in any sense pecu- the sort of thing man is. of life. human living of things a species one of therefore, lust liar to Socialism. Those, What can achieve the right bal- .1.Wroar,WW,We..,./.....IWON, ants. He who look for nothing else have no rea- together in a society. as are VALID BROWN SCAPULARS MAY ance save the Christianising of the He is a person is not just a unit. con for becoming Socialists." You must deal outlook of the people? Only in a so BE OBTAINTD AT THE CARMELWhere Socialism avoids extreme con- That is his nature. And to ciety where God and His moral law ITE MONASTERY, ADELMA ROAD, he is. clusions from its principles which with him therefore as for a social are recognised as the final authority N ED LANDS. would logically result in Communism make your blue print plain
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