" To which M. Blanc answers
unhesitatingly that that would be unjust. Then follows an
outburst of eloquence to establish this injustice.
Now, the phalansterian does not ask whether the share of the
capitalist should or should not be EQUAL TO THE LABORER'S; he
wishes to know simply WHETHER HE IS TO HAVE A SHARE. And to this
M. Blanc makes no reply.
Is it meant, continues M. Blanc, that capital is INDISPENSABLE
to production, like labor itself? Here M. Blanc distinguishes:
he grants that capital is indispensable, AS labor is, but not
TO THE EXTENT THAT labor is.
Once again, the phalansterian does not dispute as to quantity,
but as to right.
Is it meant--it is still M. Blanc who interrogates--that all
capitalists are not idlers? M. Blanc, generous to capitalists
who work, asks why so large a share should be given to those who
do not work? A flow of eloquence as to the IMPERSONAL services
of the capitalist and the PERSONAL services of the laborer,
terminated by an appeal to Providence.
For the third time, you are asked whether the participation of
capital in profits is legitimate, since you admit that it is
indispensable in production.
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