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Erich Fromm — Part 3
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» “that the factory groups be organized under workers: control in... °.
the. belief that, even in matters ‘of. factory. produption.ifwa. ss.
oy ean do dt “better demoeratical Ty tl" - DARTON: eseriped b :
article which investigated various patterns of communication“: .
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- power beyond man and humanistic religion centered around |
“man and bis strength. DARTON quoted FROMM as saying, "In |
societies ruled by a powerful minority which holds the. masses
in subjection, the individual will be so imbued with fear,
so incapable of feeling strong and independent, that his
religious experience will be authoritarian, On the other
hand, where the individual feels free and responsible for his
fate, or among minorities striving for freedom and independence,
humanistic religious experience develops." DARTON concluded
that the book “is helpful in developing a better understanding
of the role which religion plays in the life of the individual
and society today."
"Labor Action" dated February 5, 1951, under the column "You
and Science" printed an article ontitled “Science, Conservation
and MVA" by CARL DARTON. In this article, DARTON stated, “Under
the capitalist systen, there.is alvears the axploettatiion sf
the natural resources, as well as the exploitation of the working
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"Socialists are of course opposed to the exploitation of resources
in the interest of the moneyed few." DARTON also objected to
the Missouri Valley Development Program of the United States as
poorly handied. He stated, "We know that the capitalists, with
their emphasis on wars and profits, will do little conservation
work. But we cannot be complacent about their failures, "
"Labor Action" dated March 5, 1951, under the column "You and
Science" printed an article by CARL DARTON entitled ®Group
Organization Under The Lens." This article consisted of a
review of the article "People In Groups" by DAVID B. HERTZ and
SANDRA LLOYD LESSER in the February 1951 issued of the "Scientific
American." In this DARTON stated,"One of the most important
tenets of Marxism is that, in the developed capitalist. society,
the individual becomes a part of a new group-=-the workers in a
the factory, This new group is of more importance than previously —
existing groups such as the. family. Most socialists advocate... 2 25n%
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betweeh people in groups which were set up ‘in forms varying
from completely democratic to largely autocratic. The results .
of these investigations indicated that in the autocratic form,
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