Criticism of the socialistic program may be made on several different grounds. Even those who are inclined to be friendly toward the views of socialism feel that socialistic leaders have minimized the importance of the motives which cause the normal individual to exert himself economically. Here no doubt is a source of weakness, for socialists seem to take too much for granted. They see modern industrial society as it is now constituted with its various groups of workers, its enterprisers, and its capitalists. They see large income streams flowing into the pockets of the last two groups. Perhaps they see also the skill of the enterprisers and the sacrifice of the savers of capital. Back of all of the labor, the skill, and the sacrifice is the desire to possess goods. If socialism meant nothing more than a socialization of production, little objection could be urged against it by those who sympathize with its aims. May it not mean more than merely a socialization? May it not also mean the destruction of the force that drives men to their best endeavors, not only enterprisers but laborers? May it not ultimately undermine the very industrial structure which modern society has erected? These are pertinent questions which demand attention and even serious consideration; for the first step in socialism, if it be decided to give it a trial, may be to reshape human nature - that is, to destroy individual selfishness.