In the dictatorship the old person is a mere pawn in the execution of governmental policy and his existence is wholly dependent upon his usefulness to the State. This characteristic was once again illustrated by the recent decision of the East German Government to let only the old and the sick escape from behind the Iron Curtain in an attempt to impose an economic burden on the free government in Western Germany. This parallels the action of the North Korean Communists who drove a million refugeesmostly women and children and older peopleover the 38th parallel. Clearly. to the totalitarian mind. the- older man and woman. and the weak. are expendable in time of crisis. On the other hand. the free governments of the world look upon the older citizen and his wellbeing as one of the important ends of the organized State.
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