"Quite apart from the possibility of our involvement in the war, or a war of our own, the prospect we see is one of accelerated decay of all that we like about the American form of government. If we were given three or four administrations free of war and reaction, this nation might solve the great social problems facing the world -- a mechanism of control of highly integrated industry and terribly efficient tools of controlling people, such that all groups of society may take part in guiding the machine and sharing in its product." Prospect of finishing his degree: seems to be little call for people trained in social thought. Midwest generally seems to have faith in the American people when thinking of the war. Prospect of totalitarianism in the US. Future is war comes: met with a Quaker professor who said he could not face registering as a c.o. given the treatment meted out to c.o.s in the last war.
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