What the Future May Develop 



Paternalism, beyond the Immediate family and the herd 

 Instinct, Is not a natural law. It Is an outgrowth of society 

 and much of It Is the result of sentimental Impulses. It will 

 reach a saturation point beyond which no government can 

 function without reducing Its citizens to a condition of Invol- 

 untary servitude. Dependence on paternalistic Institutions 

 destroys personal Initiative and reverses the Laws of Evolu- 

 tion. It destroys self-respect, creates Indolence and Increases 

 dependents Instead of decreasing them. The recipients of 

 too much paternalism and their ever-Increasing offsprings 

 become a burden on society and are. In effect, nothing more 

 than human parasites living on the body politic. 



Many thinking persons are now discussing the question 

 — Has man built up a machine about him that will destroy 

 his civilization? This Is only Idle talk for it is unreasonable 

 to suggest that a helpful machine which man controls will 

 be permitted to destroy the civilization that has produced 

 the machine. The fault Is not in the machine It Is In the 

 administration of the government under which the machine 

 is operated. The machine may change the habits and activ- 

 ities of the men who did the work before the machine came 

 into being but adaptation to environment Is one of the funda- 

 mentals of the Law of Evolution. Man must adapt himself 

 to changing conditions the same as all his ancestors have 

 done. 



There are billions of acres of Idle land capable of produc- 

 ing sufficient food to feed many times the population of the 

 entire world. The bodies of every man, woman and child 

 in the entire world may be placed In an open pit dug within 

 the boundaries of one square section of land and at a depth 



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