Leftism

Chapter XXI

A reaction has probably already set in. That of the New Left with its terrorists (a German edition of the Weathermen, the Baader-Meinhof-Gang) has received much publicity. Yet there also seems to be a rightist grounds well in the youngest generation. Cf. Der Spiegel, May 24, 1971, p. 177 and National Review, July 13, 1971, p. 758.

As to the end of democracy due to the increasing ignorance of the voters, cf. Denis de Rougemont, op. cit., p. 249sq. Also my Luftschlösser, Lügen und Legenden (Vienna: Herold 1972), pp. 69-86.

Und setzet ihr nicht das Leben ein,

Nie wird euch das Leben gewonnen sein.

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