Neither was the assertion of the socialistic character of the Party and the regime an imposture. It is self-evident that in a totalitarian state, where the government wields an absolute power, private property loses all its reality. A manufacturer whose factory can be confiscated at a moment's notice without compensation, who has to produce what he is told at a prescribed price, who has to invest his money in a definite manner, who has to make specific donations at certain intervals and has to deal with governmental trade unions, is an " owner " or a " master " not even on sufferance.
Liberty or Equality, E. Leddihn
