![]() Its opposition to the old-fashioned materialistic propaganda for abrupt social change is not to its egalitarian aims but to the preaching of hatred as a personal ethic and the advocacy of violence as an instrument of attainment. It believes that the situation today requires an integral multi-class outlook. Philosophy is opposed to all doctrines of class hatred. The afflicted world's need is not more hatred but less, not more warfare but more co-operation. The advantages of the philosophic way of speeded up evolutionary change are manifold in the economic sphere. The first seeks the general welfare whereas the second seeks a partisan victory. Now this may be done and these problems may be solved by peaceful discussions and mutual agreement, which is the philosophic way, or by bitter strife and physical violence, which has been the common way. The postwar years are necessarily filled with privation for many millions of people. The era of abundance is, therefore, not an immediate possibility. For a number of years there will be immense and tragic shortages of food, clothing, and other necessities. Years must pass before even Europe alone can restore its shattered economy. 132 The Evil Spectre of Communism (Essay)Ībundant living will belong to the twenty-first rather than the twentieth century.
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