"The whole of the emotional case against capitalism turns on the unequal distribution of wealth. But is it peculiar to the nature of capitalism to concentrate wealth in a few hands? Here the first aspect truth is a little hard. It begins with the human disparities; and for these, God is responsible, not capitalism. Much more, perhaps, than we wish to believe, economic inequalities answer to human inequalities.
Again and again, wealth has been socially divided and then, in a little while, it has been again as it was before, that a few were rich and many were not. Lycurgus, who did it for the Spartans, heaping all their wealth in one pile and then, dividing it equally, thought of measures to make this pleasing equality permanent. He banished gold and silver money and put in place of it iron money so heavy and so nearly worthless that to hoard or save it would be absurd. All the same, it was not long until again there were debtors and creditors and a concentration of wealth in the hands of a few.
Such a very old fact has a kind of simplicity. Somewhat more than nine-tenths of us consume all that we receive, and would consume it all, no matter how much it would be. The wish to accumulate wealth is universal; the will to do it belongs only to a few, and the proportion of those few in any kind of society has probably been constant for thousands of years. "
Comentário: "Much more, perhaps, than we wish to believe, economic inequalities answer to human inequalities."
E cabe a nós actuar sobre essas diferenças? Sim, as religiões e a decência humana fazem-no voluntáriamente há muito tempo. Construir um "Deus na Terra" a que chamamos Estado-Providência, com a legitimidade democrática de todos procurarem viver à custa de todos e por "contribuições" compulsivas (ah, a corrupção da linguagem!), afastando-nos a todos da responsabilidade da redistribuição voluntária e envolvimento pessoal com os mais desfavorecidos, só poderá corromper a natureza do Homem e com isso comprometer a sua evolução.
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