Final Thoughts

As this is the last column that I will write for Salient, may I be forgiven if I get a little philosophical.

During the year I have caused a number of students considerable bewilderment as to the nature of my beliefs. If any label suits me it is probably a Non-Christian Pacifist Revolutionary. I believe in the inevitability of the triumph of Socialism, but do not believe that it can be obtained by a bloody revolution.

This century has witnessed a number of revolutions ostensibly to create a socialist society. Each of these has resulted in the creation of a new state apparatus of a repressive nature. The leaders of the revolutions have the mistaken opinion that the creation of a Socialist society involves solely the changing of the organisation and control of industry. In reality, Socialism involves a fundamental change in attitudes, a complete rejection of the idea that one man should have economic or political power over another.