Debs on Violating the Sedition Act: Paragraphs 7-11 Summary

To Be Socialist or Not to Be Socialist—Not Really a Question for Debs

  • Debs believes that the big industries should be owned by the nation as whole and jointly run for the enrichment of all, not for private owners.
  • Debs hates that rich fat cats sit on their butts all day doing very little while the vast majority of people work so hard for diddly squat.
  • Capitalism can't endure, as more and more people will join Debs in realizing that society must be reorganized to be a mutual cooperation kind of place.
  • There are millions of Socialists all over the world—still a minority but biding their time.
  • Socialists will someday be a majority and then, watch out: the world will become one big, happy place, sort of like a universal Disneyland.