ENEMY OF FREEDOM
Sir,-Mr. N. E. Downey has no faith in the ability of the democratic citizen to choose between good and evil, so he would appoint an inquisitor, to protect us. It is a step towards a dictatorship. As has been stated, it is to America’s credit that she has discarded McCarthyism, and now can laugh at a parody of it. In a democracy it is impossible for any part of Communist economics to be adopted, except at the wish of a majority of the population. Why then the fear? If our would-be saviours would describe clearly the evils of Communism, instead of repeating "Beware!" perhaps we would feel less like sheep. And surely the evils of a system that would make us "less than animals" must be so vivid as to be almost self-evident. But until Mr. Downey enlightens us further the perils of Communism remain as obscure as the relationship between Christian ethic and Capitalist society.
N. M.
ROE
(Tauranga).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 917, 8 March 1957, Page 11
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163ENEMY OF FREEDOM New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 917, 8 March 1957, Page 11
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