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...social organization. In the 1930's, when the United States found it impossible to develop a coherent program for national recovery, even Franklin D. Roosevelt wondered for a time whether democracy could last. And for many intellectuals, the only choice then seemed to be one between Fascism and Communism--one of the two was the wave of the future...
...Americans wondered if democracy could survive the Cold War and the threat of Communists who seemed to be lurking in every woodpile. In many ways, democracy didn't fare too well; for in supporting the fight against communism, Americans surrendered many of their civil liberties. But such constitutional amenities as elections, freedom of the Press, and separation of powers in the Federal government were sustained. These amenities have been Nixon's targets of late, and he has been an extremely successful dictator-on-the-make...
...women subsist on a social security pension of $2.40 a day. Unemployment is increasing, the housing shortage has worsened for low-income families, and prices have risen 13% in the past two years. For millions, such gross inequalities seem to loom larger than the cold war specter of Communism...
These perceptions are interesting and perhaps even true, although Kelman's botched explanation of the Harvard strike renders suspect anything else he attempts to interpret. What is particularly galling is not the analysis itself, but its central focus in Kelman's political view. Rabid anti-Communism analytically divides the globe into the Free World/Communist Bloc opposition Kelman's elders have seemingly abandoned. Because the Communist enemy is so evil for Kelman, it follows that America must be virtuous, in small ways as well as substantial ones. Witness: Kelman enters an East German supermart and the place looks dull. "I longed...
...though, Kelman is not dangerous, merely irritating. Even conservatives would gasp at much of his analysis, and the heroics of Ian Fleming's secret agents are more believable. Anti-Communism is a profession on the wane, and Kelman had better make his money while...