第7章 革命的な権力 n.21 - 自由主義と民主主義(四) ロシア革命(続き)
そのような理論(教説)の結果は(もたらすものは),まず,全ての権力を革命的な権力へと,次に,避けがたい漸次的変化によって,むきだしの権力へと,変容させる運命にある(注:is to transform)。このような危険は,(1938年現在)さし迫っている。しかし,この危険を回避する方法についてはここでは述べずに,後の方でふれることにしたい。 |
Chapter VII: Revolutionary Power, n.21IV. The Russian Revolution.(continued.)The international part of Communist doctrine has proved ineffective, but the rejection of Liberalism has had an extraordinary success. From the Rhine to the Pacific Ocean, all its chief doctrines are rejected almost everywhere; Italy first, and then Germany, adopted the political technique of the Bolsheviks ; even in the countries that remain democratic, the Liberal faith has lost its fervour. Liberals hold, for example, that when public buildings are destroyed by incendiaries, an attempt should be made by the police and the law-courts to discover the actual culprits; but the modern-minded man holds, like Nero, that the guilt should be attributed, by means of manufactured evidence, to whatever party he personally dislikes. As regards such matters as free speech, he holds, like St. Ambrose, that there should be freedom for his own party, but not for any other. The result of such doctrines is to transform all power, first, into revolutionary power, and then, by inevitable gradations, into naked power. This danger is imminent; but as to the means of averting it I shall say no more until a later stage. |