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托斯丹·凡勃伦：有闲阶级论·摘录 3
托斯丹·凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》· The Theory of the Leisure Class · 投资
These communities that are without a defined leisure class resemble one another also in certain other features of their social structure and manner of life. They are small groups and of a simple (archaic) structure; they are commonly peaceable and sedentary; they are poor; and individual ownership is not a dominant feature of their economic system. At the same time it does not follow that these are the smallest of existing communities, or that their social structure is in all respects the least differentiated; nor does the class necessarily include all primitive communities which have no defined system of individual ownership. But it is to be noted that the class seems to include the most peaceable--perhaps all the characteristically peaceable--primitive groups of men. Indeed, the most notable trait common to members of such communities is a certain amiable inefficiency when confronted with force or fraud.
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定位：Excerpt 3 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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没有明确有闲阶级的社区，在社会结构和生活方式上也有相似之处：规模小、结构简单（古老）、通常和平定居、贫穷，个体所有权不是经济制度的主导特征。但这不意味着它们是最小的现存社区，或社会结构各方面最少分化；也不必然包括所有没有明确个体所有权制度的原始社区。值得注意的是，这类社区似乎包括最和平的——也许是所有典型和平的——原始人群。事实上，这类社区成员最显著的共同特征，是面对暴力和欺诈时某种和善的低效。
上下文
凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》描述无有闲阶级的原始社区特征，对比有闲阶级社会的尚武与掠夺性。
今日一问
在崇尚竞争和效率的今天，“和善的低效”是否还有价值？它可能体现在哪里？
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