The Freeman 1972 - The Ludwig von Mises Institute

704 THE FREEMAN Novemberlaunched which turn man into asick animal and then offer a curethat compounds the disease. Thetype of man who has emerged inever increasing numbers since theFrench Revolution is less concernedwith people and thingsthan with his own feelings aboutpeople and things; he's foreverfingering his pulse, calculating hisresponses, examining his motives,and as a result he feels estrangedfrom his fellows. He needs thewarmth of the herd to heal thehurt of alienation, and thus isdriven to submerge his individualityand escape personal responsibilityin the Marxist state, whoseclaims on him are total.But the claims are fraudulent;rulers and ruled alike are but falliblemen and the ideas which keepthem in their respective places arephony. Weare men and not gods,and should conduct our lives accordingly."It seems to me," Hallewrites, "that the primary 'concernof any individual who feels he hasa light to live by must be to liveby that light himself; it must bewith the constant improvement ofhis own standards; it must bewith the level to which he is ableto raise himself." I)HANDSOME BLUE LEATHERLEXFREEMANBINDERS$2.50 eachORDER FROM: THE FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATIONIRVINGTON-aN-HUDSON, NEW YORK 10533