…CAPITALISM IS BASICALLY A SYSTEM WHERE EVERYTHING IS FOR SALE, AND THE MORE MONEY YOU HAVE, THE MORE YOU CAN GET. AND, IN PARTICULAR, THAT’S TRUE OF FREEDOM. FREEDOM IS ONE OF THE COMMODITIES THAT IS FOR SALE, AND IF YOU ARE AFFLUENT, YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF IT. IT SHOWS UP IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS. IT SHOWS UP IF YOU GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW, LET’S SAY, OR IN ANY ASPECT OF LIFE IT SHOWS UP. AND FOR THAT REASON IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, IF YOU ACCEPT CAPITALIST SYSTEM, TO TRY TO ACCUMULATE PROPERTY, NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT MATERIAL WELFARE, BUT BECAUSE THAT GUARANTEES YOUR FREEDOM, IT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO AMASS THAT COMMODITY. […] WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO FIND IS THAT THE DEFENSE OF FREE INSTITUTIONS WILL LARGELY BE IN THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO BENEFIT FROM THEM, NAMELY THE WEALTHY, AND THE POWERFUL. THEY CAN PURCHASE THAT COMMODITY AND, THEREFORE, THEY WANT THOSE INSTITUTIONS TO EXIST, LIKE FREE PRESS, AND ALL THAT.
Entrevistado por David Dobereiner, John Hess, Doug Richardson e Tom Woodhull, Janeiro de 1974
A Liberdade é um tema difícil de abordar, porque é elusiva, tem muitas perspectivas: tem um lado subjectivo, social/cultural e político/económico.
ResponderEliminarMas, sim, faz sentindo perguntar se a liberdade implica um escape ao determinismo econômico que pauta as civilizações ocidentais ou se é a actividade econômica que acima de tudo nos liberta (?)
Marx já respondeu a tudo isso. Ele e o Bandarra.
ResponderEliminarSim, nós (também) sabemos a resposta:
ResponderEliminarMoney makes the world go round e quem não tem é excluído.
Agora podíamos continuar a conversa, que dá panos para mangas. (Eu viro à esquerda e parece-me que o Anão, também.)