The urge to distribute wealth equally and still more the belief that it can be brought about by political action is the most dangerous of all popular emotions. It is the legitimation of envy of all the deadly sins the one which a stable society based on consensus should fear the most. The monster state is a source of many evils; but it is above all an engine of envy.
The urge to distribute wealth equally and still more the belief that it can be brought about by political action is the most dangerous of all popular emotions. It is the legitimation of envy of all the deadly sins the one which a stable society based on consensus should fear the most. The monster state is a source of many evils; but it is above all an engine of envy.