THE SEDUCTIVE LURE OF SOCIALISM

Name: The Law - The Seductive Lure of Socialism
Author: Claude Frédéric Bastiat

Here I encounter the most popular fallacy of our times. It is not considered sufficient that the law should be just; it must be philanthropic. Nor is it sufficient that the law should guarantee to every citizen the free and inoffensive use of his faculties for physical, intellectual, and moral self-improvement. Instead, it is demanded that the law should directly extend welfare, education, and morality throughout the nation.

This is the seductive lure of socialism. And I repeat again: These two uses of the law are in direct contradiction to each other. We must choose between them. A citizen cannot at the same time be free and not free.

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Chicago: Claude Frédéric Bastiat, "The Seductive Lure of Socialism," The Law Original Sources, accessed January 21, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=96JJ9J91SSESBIV.

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