tailieunhanh - Liberalism phần 5

Chỉ với một số cường điệu, người ta có thể nói rằng thế giới đã từng sống qua một kỷ nguyên tự do. Chủ nghĩa tự do không bao giờ được phép để đi đến thành quả tốt đẹp. Tuy nhiên, ngắn gọn, tất cả các quá giới hạn cũng như uy quyền của các tư tưởng tự do, nó đủ để | Liberal Economic Policy organization of labor is unfeasible will be offered in a later chapter. What is always criticized in the capitalist system is the fact that the owners of the means of production occupy a preferential position. They can live without working. If one views the social order from an individualistic standpoint one must see in this a serious shortcoming of capitalism. Why should one man be better off than another But whoever considers things not from the standpoint of individual persons but from that of the whole social order will find that the owners of property can preserve their agreeable position solely on condition that they perform a service indispensable for society. The capitalist can keep his favored position only by shifting the means of production to the application most important for society. If he does not do this if he invests his wealth unwisely he will suffer losses and if he does not correct his mistake in time he will soon be ruthlessly ousted from his preferential position. He will cease to be a capitalist and others who are better qualified for it will take his place. In a capitalist society the deployment of the means of production is always in the hands of those best fitted for it and whether they want to or not they must constantly take care to employ the means of production in such a way that they yield the greatest output. 3. Private Property and the Government All those in positions of political power all governments all kings and all republican authorities have always looked askance at private property. There is an inherent tendency in all governmental power to recognize no restraints on its operation and to extend the sphere of its dominion as much as possible. To control everything to leave no room for anything to happen of its own accord without the interference of the authorities this is the goal for which every ruler secretly strives. If only private property did not stand in the way Private property creates for the