Ash Heap of History
November 2, 2019
Ronald Reagan is quoted “freedom and democracy will leave Marxism and Leninism on the ash heap of history”.
It now appears that socialism/communism is attempting to leave democratic republicanism on the ash heap of history.
However, life and freedom are natural, intense, linked, uncontrollable and countervailing forces to socialism/communism. There is no life, human or not, without freedom and freedom is integral to life. Socialism, communism and democratic republicanism are not forces of life and not forces of freedom. They are forces of oppression and death. They are forces of collectivism, which means that the “group” has political and social priority over the individual. But this invariably means the power of some individuals over other individuals.
With the extinction of these political philosophies that kill life, freedom will be the only life-giving philosophy left. If there is not to be human misery, death and extinction, freedom has to and will leave socialism/communism in all forms including democratic republicanism on the ash heap of history.
Sir Kenneth Clark: Portrait of a Civilised Man