Bertrand De JouvenelIt is as futile and dangerous to aim at making of society one large family, as sentimental socialism seeks to do, as to aim at making of it one large team, as positivist socialism seeks to do.
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Friedrich Nietzsche said, “It is as futile and dangerous to aim at making of society one large family, as sentimental socialism seeks to do, as to aim at making of it one large team, as positivist socialism seeks to do.” Part of the problem with trying to make a family of mankind is that some people are more like family members than others. Some are part of the family only because their parents married. And some are adopted into the family after being rejected by their own families. While all families can benefit from additional people, not everyone has the same needs or desires. One size does not fit all.
Source: Sovereignty
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