Daily Meditation: Saturday, May 25, 2002

A true psychologist does not consider communism and …

05/25/2002

A true psychologist does not consider communism and capitalism as two opposing ideologies. They are two tendencies that exist in man, both indispensable because they are complementary. Indeed, you have to be a capitalist to become a better communist. Let me explain. A human being owns a large capital, i.e. life, and he is the owner of some major 'methods of production', i.e. his eyes, his ears, his brain, his lungs, his heart, his arms, his legs, and so on. He exercises them, he maintains them, he perfects them and keeps them for himself. In other words, he is a capitalist. But when his capital begins to be productive, he must organize what is being produced in order to make others benefit: he enlivens, he enlightens, he brings warmth. In other words, he becomes a communist. You cannot be a communist if you cannot first be a capitalist and make your capital yield. And neither can you be a good capitalist if you do not distribute your wealth, because everything you own stagnates and rots. Communism and capitalism go together and they are both absolutely necessary for the world to run smoothly.