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diff --git a/essays/three_levels_of_politics.tex b/essays/three_levels_of_politics.tex index e907dfa..2b45c27 100644 --- a/essays/three_levels_of_politics.tex +++ b/essays/three_levels_of_politics.tex @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ \chapter{The Three Levels of Politics} +\fancyhead{} \fancyfoot{} \fancyfoot[LE,RO]{\thepage} +\fancyhead[LE]{\textsc{Social Philosophy}} \fancyhead[RO]{\textit{On Social Recognition}} + Political activity and its results can occur on three levels. The first level is the personal one. An individual may vote to re-elect a local politician @@ -91,14 +94,14 @@ satisfaction of the bulk of people's needs depending on the number of currency tokens a person possesses." When it comes to the realities of technical economics, virtually every leftist in the world accepts this principle. So far as the third level is concerned, there is no such thing as a -non-capitalist polical tendency, and there is no point in hoping for one. A +non-capitalist political tendency, and there is no point in hoping for one. A similar conclusion holds for virtually every aspect of third-level politics. Leftists claim that Communism eliminates the causes of war; while at the -same time war breaks out beween China and the Soviet Union. +same time war breaks out between China and the Soviet Union. We propose to draw a far-reaching conclusion from these considerations. Returning to the example of first-level politics, it is rational -for the patronage-seeker to be in favor of the election of one focal politican +for the patronage-seeker to be in favor of the election of one focal politician and against the election of his opponent. This is a matter which is within the scope of human responsibility, and with respect to which individual action can make a difference. But it is not rational to be either for against |