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...triumph over capitalism or the outbreak in industrialized societies of the workers' revolution-have proved false. No economy based on his teachings has approached the efficiency of a free-market system, and governments that tried to enforce his Utopian views have been compelled to rely on totalitarian methods. Nonetheless, Europe's expanding middle class is discovering to its horror that its sons and daughters are increasingly hostile to industry, "the System" and even to the established left of organized Communist parties. Says Francesco Forte, president of Italy's state-owned ENI oil colossus: "Marx has suddenly emerged...
...Industrial growth came to a standstill. The Government, attempting to stave off a collapse of the national economy, imposed rigid guidelines for prices, wages and profits. Critics of these policies were severely penalized under new antisedition laws that virtually nullified the First Amendment. The U.S., in effect, became a totalitarian state...
...have also proved something about the adaptability of democratic institutions through a whole range of challenges. Our experience refutes the common theme in developing countries that in danger and crisis you have to sacrifice democracy and establish more totalitarian forms of government. We have shown that there is almost no danger, condition or peril to which a democratic structure cannot be responsive...
...through a cadre of Christian Marxists called the "Group of Eighty" (TIME, June 5). But longtime Political Activist Roger Vekemans, a Belgian Jesuit who has spent years backing Christian social democracy in Latin America (most particularly Chile's former President Frei), decries the theology of liberation as simplistic and totalitarian...
...them evangelical, some of them frankly fundamentalist. The most impressive example of growth is the Southern Baptist Convention, which has maintained a staunchly biblical faith. Young people of all faiths are also turning to one aspect or another of the Jesus movement (TIME, June 21, 1971). Some elect the totalitarian disciplines of the Children of God; others choose milder groups, stressing love and salvation more than hellfire and brimstone. On campuses and in outdoor extravaganzas like last year's EXPLO '72 in Dallas, many are opting for the handbook pieties of the Campus Crusade for Christ. The uncompromising...