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u The Lord’s anointed borne to a truth, every ray of hope communicated to
demoralized people, every elevation of a soul, or every
Oh! One day it happened that a young man
(David), a simple shepherd without military training, conversion brought about by their example and by the
and with no other weapon but a staff, a sling, and five message they carry, is a benefit. They are convinced
smooth stones in his shepherd’s wallet, faced and that an economic organism that adopted it would fa-
slew, with a single stone, a nine-foot tall (three metres) vour distributive justice for the welfare of everybody,
every family. But, without diminishing their own ef-
giant (Goliath), trained to arms from his youth, clothed
with brass from top to toe. David had put all his confi- forts, they rely above all on God, just like David.
dence in God, knowing well that “with the strength of In the years that followed this second world war,
His arm, God drives the proud astray in the conceit of Douglas expected nothing from any state action to
their hearts.” bring the necessary reform in the financial system.
Quite a lesson is being taught to us here. The So- He rather predicted that the present system would
cial Crediters of MICHAEL are often reminded of this eventually become unbearable, and would bring
lesson, and they endeavour to take it into account. about its own collapse. He wrote that the action to
Only a celestial power can triumph over the most be taken by the supporters of the Social Credit light
powerful terrestrial powers. Heaven wants us to do was to spread it, so that when that situation would
occur (the collapse of the present financial system),
our part, and do it the best we can, just the same, but
we must not rely on our action only. Young David did the minds of the people would be prepared, and it
not say: “I will do nothing! What would be the use would be just as easy to inaugurate right away a fi-
of facing a powerful warrior who laughs at my weak- nancial system in keeping with modern civilization as
ness?” No, he did his little part. He used the weapons to try to do it with partial reforms.
he had — a staff, a sling, and five stones — doubtlessly The Social Crediters of MICHAEL maintain, along
held up to ridicule and called a fool — and God did the with Douglas, that as regards Social Credit, the efficient
rest, the bigger part. work to do is to enlighten the population on the mon-
The Social Crediters of MICHAEL do not stop, opoly of financial credit, attributing to it the bad fruits of
even despite their own weakness, in front of an enemy which it is the cause in the lives of people, of families, of
institutions, and, in front of these bad fruits, to expose
power that is humanly invincible, despite years that
succeed each other without noticeable successes, the doctrine of genuine Social Credit, which is so bril-
despite mockery, criticisms, or betrayals. They know liant and in keeping with common sense. v
that every step made for a just cause, every testimony Louis Even

The 1935 Alberta Experiment

by Alain Pilote Credit party should not exist as it was a “profound
Some people may have thought — and others may misconception.” Douglas added:
still think it today — that promoting a “Social Credit “If you elect a Social Credit party... it would be
party” is the best way to promote Social Credit, but C.H. to elect a set of amateurs to direct a set of very com-
Douglas and Louis Even thought the exact opposite. petent professionals. The profes-
As Douglas and Louis Even pointed out, the cre- sionals, I may tell you, would see
ation of a “Social Credit Party” was even a nuisance, that the amateurs got the blame
and only prevented the establishment of genuine for everything that was done.”
Social Credit. For example, as soon as one uses the This is what happened in Al-
words “Social Credit” to label a political party, the berta in the 1930s. Douglas wrote
minds of people from other parties become closed in 1937 an interesting book on that
and cease studying Social Credit principles, since subject entitled The Alberta Ex-
they will consider it only as another of the opposing periment, from which the follow-
political parties. ing information is taken.
Real democracy requires that elected represent- The Alberta Experiment
atives express the will of their constituents. In that William Aberhart was the principal of a Calgary
case, the aim is not to create new parties, and divide high school who commanded a province wide audi-
people further, but to unite the people with common ence with a book on Social Credit, and impressed
objectives, and then pressure the government to im- by this new “light”, preached the “gospel” of Social
plement these objectives. MICHAEL advocates this Credit on his radio program and mobilized support
method of applying pressure to the political process. for its principles. Hundreds of study groups soon
In a speech given to Social Crediters on March emerged across the province, and a majority of Al-
7, 1936, Clifford Hugh Douglas stated that a Social bertans supported Social Credit.

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