The Future Belongs to the PeopleLiebknecht, Karl Paul August Friedrich
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The Future Belongs to the People
Liebknecht, Karl Paul August Friedrich
World War, 1914-1918
("Very true!" from the Soc.-Dem.) Added to that are the
moral causes, the contradiction of the entire present state of affairs
of Christian morality as preached in peace time; the entire morale of
bourgeoisie society is overturned. ("Very true!" from the Soc.-Dem.) How
the old are singing, the young are twittering! The neglect of the youth
is a natural result of neglect of the entire human race in this war, the
neglect of our entire culture. ("Very true!" from the Soc.-Dem.)
Now commissioned officers are put into the schools to drum morality into
the youth; outside of the schools also a strong militarization of the
youth will take place. All kinds of demands for extreme reaction shoot
luxuriantly into blossom. In fact there was recently demanded the
restriction of free emigration of the youth from place to place. ("Hear,
hear!" from the Soc.-Dem.)
VICE-PRESIDENT DR. KRAUSE: All your last reproaches are not referring to
the administration of the Department of Justice. I call you for the
second time to the question, and call your attention to the resulting
consequences, according to the order of business.
ASSEMBLYMAN DR. K. LIEBKNECHT: In time of peace it was possible to
discuss thoroughly in this connection the causes of criminality. Now
they try to muzzle me. ("Very true!" calls from the Soc.-Dem. "Even in
Parliament!") That is plainly impossible. (The bell of the President.)
VICE-PRESIDENT DR. KRAUSE: I refuse to permit any criticism of the way I
preside. Certainly the discussion on the budget is the suitable place
for discussing all those social matters, but not in the section on the
Department of Justice's administration. This belongs to the general
discussion.
ASSEMBLYMAN DR. K. LIEBKNECHT: I made my remarks in close connection
with the deliberation of the method for decreasing criminality among
youth. It is not possible to discuss criminality without discussing the
complex social conditions on which it grows. The Minister of Justice is
deeply interested in those methods which must be considered in
decreasing crimes. ("Very true!" from the Soc.-Dem.)
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