The Moment A Man Talks To His

The Moment A Man Talks To His Fellows He Begins To Lie.

Under The Old Social Philosophy Which Had Governed The Middle Ages, Temporal, And Therefore All Economic, Activities Were Referred To An Eternal Standard. The Production Of Wealth, It Distribution And Exchange Were Regulated With A View To Securing The Christian Life Of Christian Men. In Two Points Especially Was This Felt: First In Securing The Independence Of The Family, Which Can Only Be Done By The Wide Distribution Of Property, In Others Words The Prevention Of The Growth Of A Proletariat; Secondly, In The Close Connection Between Wealth And Public Function.

Since It Is To The Advantage Of The Wage-payer To Pay As Little As Possible, Even Well-paid Labor Will Have No More Than What Is Regarded In A Particular Society As The Reasonable Level Of Subsistence. The Lower Ranks Of Labor Will Commonly Have Less, And If Public Relief Were Afforded Even Up To The Wage-level Of The Lowest Ranks Of Labor, That Relief Would Compete In The Labor Market; Check Or Dry Up The Supply Of Wage-labor. It Would Tend To Render The Performance Of Work By The Wage-earner Redundant.

Such Are The Mass Of The Supporters Of Either Party. They Derive Their Political Opinions Originally From Some Family Tradition Or Some Fanciful Preference, But They Back Them With All The Passion Of Sportsmen. In A Vague Subconscious Way They Know It Is A Game, But They Happen To Enjoy Playing The Game.

Of All Fatiguing, Futile, Empty Trades, The Worst, I Suppose, Is Writing About Writing.