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what's your definition?
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government is by one person for all the people. In other words, they control everything."
Cab driver — -"Where rich people making too much money share with smaller people."
A student — "In my opinion, an un' democratic form of government."
Jeweler — "I don't know. Where all the people are supposed to pull together and divide equally."
Aircraft worker — "Everybody is a government worker. That is, the government runs all plants, practically everything in Russia is gov ernment owned. All their big factories are owned by the government. There are rich people as well as poor in Russia."
Inspector for Dishwashing Machine Company — "A whole lot of trouble!"
Optician — "It's a state in which all property is common property of all people working supposedly for the benefit of all by the state."
Army M. P. — "The working class, ain't it?"
Labor representative. Railroad Brotherhood— "A cross between democracy and dictatorship. A'possum and not a'possum, a coon and not a coon, but it's hell on the common people!"
Add all these definitions of the same term, divide by the number of people questioned — and what do you have? I am not quite sure! Probably nothing that could actually meet the specific dimensions of this thing called communism.
Stuart Chase in his book "The
Tyranny of Words" searched for a clear definition of Fascism and found none. But he added, "Why worry about a dead bone?" That same dead bone, Hke the famous jawbone of an ass, slew thousands.
Perhaps if the peoples of the world had had a clear and accurate conception of Fascism — a sound definition— the tragic conflict might have been avoided.
Perhaps if we understood exactly what it was we argued, fought, pounded the cracker-barrel, and yahta-tahed about — we'd get somewhere. There's too much confusion. How does anyone know whether he's fer or agin any ism in the world? How can he recognise good forces or bad? We all need clearer definitions.
Never milk a cow during a thunderstorm. The cow may be struck by lightning, and you'll be left holding the bag.