Chapter 33: Dry Goods
Subtitle of this chapter: It turns out that smoking has this benefit? Children without a system please don’t study!
The young Master He was still a little immature. He didn't have time to cultivate his master's style and said excitedly: "Brother Hongjian's masterpiece is clear in structure, rigorous in logic, detailed in data, which really makes me admire him. But..."
He held the glasses on his face and said seriously: "I don't agree with Brother Hongjian's argument for democracy from the perspective of efficacyism."
"Brother Hongjian said in the book that direct democracy does not have any special advantages, and there is no substantial difference between the unrestricted power of democratic countries and the unrestricted power of the dictator."
Speaking of this, he raised his voice and said: "No matter what, democracy is certainly superior to independence/dictatorship. The most obvious example is the United States where we are. Its strength is proof that democracy is the best system that takes into account fairness and efficiency so far!"
Contrary to the general impression, classical liberalism is indeed incompatible with democratic institutions (especially popular vote and direct election of the head of state). To be precise, classical liberals believe that democratic politics can perform a certain social function only within the framework of liberalism. But the problem is that classical liberals also believe that "the government with the least control is the best government" and that they want to exclude the government from the economic field. If a government cannot enter the economic field, then democratic or non-executive is actually the case.
Neoliberalism, which emerged in Britain at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries, did the opposite of classical liberalism in terms of democratic systems, and proposed that freedom should be freedom within the framework of democratic institutions, rather than laissez-faire anarchist freedom.
So whether freedom is a framework of democracy or a framework of freedom is the biggest difference between the two's views on democratic institutions.
And in the 1920s, Mises and Yuan Yanshu were going to return to classical liberalism again, and even further globalize capitalism, which was called neoclassical liberalism.
Therefore, economists like He Lian who were influenced by neoliberalism believe that democracy is the highest, while masters like Yuan Yanshu who want to revive classical liberalism believe that freedom is the highest. This is the argument between the two of them.
Yuan Yanshu said in his heart that you have never seen Sandezi and a great country, so he said this. Of course, he could not list such good examples, which is really regrettable, so he had to try to "conquer people with reason."
"Master Ball, come out quickly!"
By the way, I have to do something and not let them see the flaws.
So Xu and He saw Yuan Yan suddenly pull out a cigarette from the cigarette box, and paused leisurely, then put it in front of their noses and smelled it...
"Search me for this book, I need the original English version!"
He finally put the cigarette in his mouth, lit the matches in a casual manner, lit the cigarette, and swung the matches out at will...
“Memory infusion!”
He took a deep breath of cigarette, lowered his head and thought seriously.
This image was very famous in later generations, and was called "Sleeping..."... Well, "Master Yuan Yanshu of Thinking", and there are even several very famous close-up photos. In fact, these photos have no difference except for some changes in the degree of clothing and hair.
"Brother Hongjian, what's wrong with you?"
Just when Xu Zhimo and He Lian could not see the dark rock formations, the magma was flowing, slowly flowing and a fiery red river formed. The magma river was quiet and roaring, and the storm was contained in the magma river.
Still lowered his head, Master Yuan raised his right hand with a cigarette in his hand, and chanted gently in a deep baritone voice: "The dangerous ambitions are mostly covered by beautiful robes who are enthusiastic about the rights of the people, and rarely cover them with serious faces that sincerely support the government. The former leads to the path of autocracy more inevitably than the latter..."
Magma accumulates... slowly accumulates infinite energy that has existed in the center of the earth since ancient times. Finally, the magma that has nowhere to vent has found a breakthrough, and the hot flames gushed upwards quickly!
"History will teach us..." Yuan Yan finally raised her head, shook her hair, and spoke faster and became stronger and louder. He said: "Among those who overthrew the franchise of the Republic, most of them began to make a fortune by pleasing the people..."
Unstoppable and unstoppable, the magma finally rushed out of the thick top of the mountain and burst out!
He waved the cigarette in his hand and said passionately: "They start with bewitching the family and will end with autocrats!"
The magma solidified and solidified... finally solidified into black soil and hard stones.
Yuan Yan seemed to be exhausted all over. He took a step back suddenly and panted and supported his body with the table...
It's so uncomfortable! The feeling of a cold, smooth and soft tentacle poking around the frontal lobe of your brain is really hard to express in words.
But there is no way. If Yuan Hongjian could memorize the original English version of the Federalist Collection of Arts, he would have been a bank employee. He would have been rushing to the Democratic Beacon to study for PhD with full scholarships. He would have been very good at studying. And his great uncle Yuan Yan had this ability, would he not get a master's degree from New York University?
Yes, this passage is a famous quote in the "Federalists". The so-called Federalists are the founding-fathers of the United States. The authors of the collection are the first U.S. Treasury Secretary - Alexander Hamilton, Chief Justice - John Jay and the fourth commander James Madison.
The meaning of this passage is that before the head of state arrived in Hebei, the Emperor of Sichuan was still tweeting. Who knew the authenticity of his life was true to him? Well, in fact, what he wanted to say is that relying on the masses will inevitably become the tyranny of the majority.
Although he was captured by Yuan Yanshu's momentum and pose, He Lian and He Guelian were also famous in history. The four major economists in the Republic of China were not so easy to pass on.
He raised his glasses and replied in English: "But Tocqueville said in "On American Democracy" that although there are many shortcomings of democratic government, it is still the government that can make society prosperous the most. Even if a democratic society will not be as magnificent as aristocratic society, there will not be much suffering..."
A master is a master, and you can pick up the real things at will, and you don’t have to use a cheating device like Yuan Yanshu.
Chapter completed!