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Parnassus, v.1, issue 1, 1940s
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organization which is actually trying to accomplish something toward the realization of a better world. This, he claims, would be depriving him of his privilege of formulating his own opinions. He doesn't want, he says, to blindly follow the line of any organization. What he does not seem to realize is that his own blind worship at the shrine of individualism so often obscures and distorts his opinion so badly that it is rendered worthless, if not actually harmful. The liberal never seems to have learned that working with others in a common cause toward a common goal to achieve a true and complete individualism. The liberal claims that he adds a very important element to modern political and social thought, and it must be admitted that if size along is the criterion of importance, then the liberals are in an extremely important group. And, of course, because they do seek to reform evils existent in the state, they attract a large following and also very often have the radicals as co-workers. The radicals differ from the liberals in that they recognize the present state for what it is, and consequently have as their ultimate purpose the creation of a classless society. Therefore, it is to be regretted that the liberals do play an active and important role in the present day world. Rather than helping bring about that society which actually best serves the interests and needs of the masses by helping to show the way toward that society, they do an incalculable amount of harm by misleading the masses. Because they do so often lead the way toward the passage of legislation which is beneficial to the majority, people tend to get the false impression that they way toward a better world actually lies with the liberal element. Nothing could, of course, be farther from the truth. One need only to look at the social democrat governments which were rife in Europe in the decades preceding World War II to realize the fallacies of such beliefs. They certainly did very little to advance the cause of the working class. They were again more injurious than beneficial because they blinded the workers to the real state of things. If anyone calls me a liberal, it gives pistols at dawn! ...................................... PARNASSUS is an amateur, non-profit, journal of opinion, and is the joint responsibility of Art Saha, Alva Rogers, and James Kepner. It is distributed in the Vanguard Amateur Press Association, with all due apologies for both its tardy and its sloppy aspects. We three promise not to wait til next New Year to make our resolutions to do better. In all probability, the next issue will be in conjunction with Mel Brown. This is issued forth from Tendril Towers, 628 So. Bixel St., Los Angeles, 14, Calif.; however it is needless to try to contact us there, as we expect to leave town within a few hours of the time that this is run off the LASFS mimeograph. I, Kepner, must expecially apologize for the poor stencilling of some of the pages, as I was cutting them at rather breakneck speed, on what purports to be my very last day in the city of the Angels, and I did not stop to correct my profuse typing errors. Mel Brown had had an article on a bit of musical criticism to go in the mag, but during the rush to get packed, it showed up missing. Sometime after arriving in New York, the four of us hope to collaborate on future issues of TOWARD TOMORROW, at least the next issue of which will be mailed out in Vanguard. It will be devoted chiefly to the affairs of the Futurian Society of Los Angeles. (FuSLA). As for the New Yorkers, we hope to meet you personally before this is mailed out -- but don't hold up the mailing til we arrive -- one never can be too sure about hitch-hiking these days...K.
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organization which is actually trying to accomplish something toward the realization of a better world. This, he claims, would be depriving him of his privilege of formulating his own opinions. He doesn't want, he says, to blindly follow the line of any organization. What he does not seem to realize is that his own blind worship at the shrine of individualism so often obscures and distorts his opinion so badly that it is rendered worthless, if not actually harmful. The liberal never seems to have learned that working with others in a common cause toward a common goal to achieve a true and complete individualism. The liberal claims that he adds a very important element to modern political and social thought, and it must be admitted that if size along is the criterion of importance, then the liberals are in an extremely important group. And, of course, because they do seek to reform evils existent in the state, they attract a large following and also very often have the radicals as co-workers. The radicals differ from the liberals in that they recognize the present state for what it is, and consequently have as their ultimate purpose the creation of a classless society. Therefore, it is to be regretted that the liberals do play an active and important role in the present day world. Rather than helping bring about that society which actually best serves the interests and needs of the masses by helping to show the way toward that society, they do an incalculable amount of harm by misleading the masses. Because they do so often lead the way toward the passage of legislation which is beneficial to the majority, people tend to get the false impression that they way toward a better world actually lies with the liberal element. Nothing could, of course, be farther from the truth. One need only to look at the social democrat governments which were rife in Europe in the decades preceding World War II to realize the fallacies of such beliefs. They certainly did very little to advance the cause of the working class. They were again more injurious than beneficial because they blinded the workers to the real state of things. If anyone calls me a liberal, it gives pistols at dawn! ...................................... PARNASSUS is an amateur, non-profit, journal of opinion, and is the joint responsibility of Art Saha, Alva Rogers, and James Kepner. It is distributed in the Vanguard Amateur Press Association, with all due apologies for both its tardy and its sloppy aspects. We three promise not to wait til next New Year to make our resolutions to do better. In all probability, the next issue will be in conjunction with Mel Brown. This is issued forth from Tendril Towers, 628 So. Bixel St., Los Angeles, 14, Calif.; however it is needless to try to contact us there, as we expect to leave town within a few hours of the time that this is run off the LASFS mimeograph. I, Kepner, must expecially apologize for the poor stencilling of some of the pages, as I was cutting them at rather breakneck speed, on what purports to be my very last day in the city of the Angels, and I did not stop to correct my profuse typing errors. Mel Brown had had an article on a bit of musical criticism to go in the mag, but during the rush to get packed, it showed up missing. Sometime after arriving in New York, the four of us hope to collaborate on future issues of TOWARD TOMORROW, at least the next issue of which will be mailed out in Vanguard. It will be devoted chiefly to the affairs of the Futurian Society of Los Angeles. (FuSLA). As for the New Yorkers, we hope to meet you personally before this is mailed out -- but don't hold up the mailing til we arrive -- one never can be too sure about hitch-hiking these days...K.
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