Syllogisms

SYLLOGISMS Socialist Syllogisms Equation: MMW = X + A (Man's Material Well-Being equals All Land and Property divided by the Number of Human Beings in Existence) ECONOMIC 1. All men are of equal value. 2. No one man is entitled to more than any other man has. 3. There is a limited amount of land (and other property) in existence. 4. Therefore, it is necessary to insist on an equal division of all property among all men. ON THE NATURE OF MAN 1. Individually, man has neither merit nor value. It is only as man serves the collective that merit or value is discovered.

2. Since those who have more than others will not re linquish their advantages voluntarily, force must be used. 3. This force must take the form of: A. Marxist idea Violent overthrow of govemmentswhich are pro tecting private ownership. Replacement of these governments by democratic forms which will do the bidding of the workers and will form a "dic tatorship of the proletariat." B. Fabian idea Gradual infiltration of existing governments by peaceful means, until all governments legally re move all rights of private ownership. 4. When the force of government has thus been employed, the socialist Utopia will be achieved - a state of uni versal division of all wealth and the creation of a society in which there are neither rich nor poor.

A. The apparent contradiction between this presump tion and the socialist economic presumption is found in the explanation that whereas all men are equal in value, the value is nil until service to the collective has been demonstrated. 2. The man who serves himseH and does not serve the state has no right to live. 3. All production is for "society" and no individual has a right to own anything. 4. If "society" is enriched by the services of individuals, it will follow that all of "society" will benefit by that enrichment. 5. A "society" shorn of its non-conformists is a superior society. 6. The state shall be the only capitalist. POLITICAL 1. To have a moral world, division of property among men must be on an equal basis.

Individualist Syllogisms Equation: MMW = NR + HE X T (Man's Material Well Being equals Natural Resources plus Hu man Energy times Tools) ECONOMIC 1. Each man is an individual and no two are alike. 2. Each man is entitled to all that he can himself produce. 3. No man is entitled to something that he has not produced. 4. Man's nature is such that if he is free to make a profit or to run the necessary risks involved in seeking to make a profit, he will produce most abundantly. 5. No man can make a profit at the expense of others, for any profit that comes to him. via the usage of the free market is a profit voluntarily provided by other men in a free society who have also profited by his energies.

ON THE NATURE OF MAN 1. Man has a right to live. 2. Man has a right to produce in order to live. 3. Man has a right to own that which he produces. 4. Man has a right to keep or to dispose of what he owns according to his own wisdom and conscience. POLITICAL 1. All political action is at once collective and coercive. 2. No individualist wishes to partake of collectivist or coercive activity. 3. Therefore, no individualist will participate in political action.

I AM THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY With me life has purpose and meaning. Infinite variety is mine, and Paradise beckons those who love me and know me. Embrace me - and the commonplace becomes high adventure; the infinite becomes real. Tum your bacK upon me, and you are doomed to conformity and monotony. I AM THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY When you look into my eyes, you must forsake all others. With me there is solitude and grandeur. I cannot abide fear and the fearful, and the huddling together of masses. Throughout all recorded time, I have stood with the brave. Those who have known my smile have dared the impossible.

I AM THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY If you live with me, you will achieve gloriously. I do not promise success. But with me, even a failure is magnificent. I disdain groups and collections of people. I am always alone. But I am never lonely. If you aspire to my radiance you will experience the joy of creation. You will know the unalloyed thrill of accomplishment. I AM THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY I am with you all the way - or I am not with you. You must be loyal to me with all that you have and are. Join me and we are both indivisible. You must give your ear only to my voice. The siren songs of security, and benefits at the expense of others are alien to me. You must give no heed to those who promise regu lations and controls, .all in the name of happiness and peace.

There are other and easier paths to follow than the one you must travel if you come with me. But if you abandon me - you and generations to come will drift into oblivion and death. Sometimes the snow and ice of apathy and indifference cover me. Yet you must know that so long as life endures, a spark of me can be fanned into a flame. I AM THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY