There are various isms which teach that society at large can best be benefited by the individuals sub-mission (more or less completely) to a central state, government, commune, or by whatever other term this controlling power (which pretends to be rational and benevolent) pleases to be called. The individual is largely ignored. The theory of Mutualism, on the other hand, maintains that the interests of society at large are best served by the same means which go farthest to promote the interests of the individual: freedom from restraint, as long as the individuals activities are non-invasive; elimination of all factors which artificially limit mans opportunities; voluntary organization of society into associations as the need for them arises in order to carry on such activities as are beyond the power of the single individual; in short, a voluntary creation and mutual exchange of commodities under conditions which exclude special privileges and state-protected monopolies. — Clarence Lee Swartz
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 14:17:18 +0000