Considered in their
relations, these two pretended sciences, political economy and
law, form, in the opinion of socialism, the complete theory of
iniquity and discord. Passing then from negation to affirmation,
socialism opposes the principle of property with that of
association, and makes vigorous efforts to reconstruct social
economy from top to bottom; that is, to establish a new code, a
new political system, with institutions and morals diametrically
opposed to the ancient forms.
Thus the line of demarcation between socialism and political
economy is fixed, and the hostility flagrant.
Political economy tends toward the glorification of selfishness;
socialism favors the exaltation of communism.
The economists, saving a few violations of their principles, for
which they deem it their duty to blame governments, are optimists
with regard to accomplished facts; the socialists, with regard to
facts to be accomplished.
The first affirm that that which ought to be IS; the second,
that that which ought to be IS NOT.
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