That which is _well_ in the individual, the
family, the county, the state, is _evil_ in the nation. That which is
_good_ in detail--such as, to purchase rather than to produce, when
purchase is more advantageous than production--is bad in the mass. The
political economy of individuals is not that of nations," and other
rubbish, _ejusdem farinae_. And why all this? Look at it closely. It is
in order to prove to us that we, consumers, are your property, that
we belong to you body and soul, that you have an exclusive right to
our stomachs and limbs, and it is for you to nourish us and clothe us
at your own price, however great may be your ignorance, your rapacity,
or the inferiority of your position.
No, you are not men of practice; you are men of abstraction--and of
extraction!
CHAPTER XIV.
CONFLICT OF PRINCIPLES.
There is one thing which confounds us, and it is this:
Some sincere publicists, studying social economy from the point of
view of producers only, have arrived at this double formula:
"Governments ought to dispose of the consumers subject to the
influence of their laws, in favor of national labor.
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