• Defend Americanism? ... Why? W HY SHOULD WE NEED to defend the finest system of decency the world ever saw? Let the other side be the one on the defensive. Let them try to tell you one single desirable thing they can offer. The profit-and-loss system is the only system the world ever saw that lets a man keep his self-respect ... it's the only system where decent men act with decency ... the only system that has conquered famines and plagues ... the only system where fai...