That's so good - I use that quotation and that concept in my Politics teaching.
I love the outrage at an idea which is the basis of modern libertarianism.
It also really shows how important non-gendered language is - the joke wouldn't work at all if Hayek had written 'people'.
shows how important non-gendered language
Of course, to Hayek and pretty much any person who has even a superficial familiarity with legal texts, "men" in that context is non-gendered.
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