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弗雷德里克·巴斯夏:经济诡辩·摘录 169

弗雷德里克·巴斯夏《经济诡辩》· Economic Sophisms · 投资

Affectation is the besetting sin of our times. When a serious writer, in a spirit of philanthropy, refers to the sufferings of the working classes, his words are caught up by these sentimentalists, twisted, distorted, and exaggerated, _usque ad 'nauseam_. The grand, the only remedy, it would seem, lies in the high-sounding phrases, association and organization. The working classes are flattered--fulsomely, servilely flattered; they are represented as in the condition of slaves, and men of common sense will soon be ashamed publicly to espouse their cause, for how can common sense make itself heard in the midst of all this insipid and empty declamation?

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44145
定位:Excerpt 169 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

巴斯夏说,装腔作势是那个时代的通病。一个严肃作家出于善意谈到工人的苦难,他的话立刻被多愁善感的人拿去扭曲、夸大,直到让人反胃。这些人把“联合”“组织”这类响亮口号当成唯一药方,拼命奉承工人,把他们说成奴隶。结果呢?有常识的人很快就不敢公开替工人说话了,因为在一片空洞煽情中,常识根本没法被听见。巴斯夏提醒:真正的问题不是谁喊得响,而是怎样让理性的讨论不被浮夸的修辞淹没。

上下文

19世纪法国社会流行各种“组织劳动”“联合”的改革方案,巴斯夏认为这些口号空洞,反而妨碍了工人处境的真正改善。

今日一问

当讨论社会问题时,你更关注响亮的口号,还是具体可行的办法?

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