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I do not think there is anything about a beggar that sets him in a different class from other people, or gives most modern men t
I do not think there is anything about a beggar that sets him in a different class from other people, or gives most modern men t
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2015-01-09
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I do not think there is anything about a beggar that sets him in a different class from other people, or gives most modern men the right to despise him.
Then the question arises. Why are beggars despised? For they are despised, universally. I believe it is for the simple reason that they fail to earn a decent living. In practice nobody cares whether work is useful or useless, productive or parasitic; the sole thing demanded is that it shall be profitable. In all the modern talk about energy, efficiency, social service and the rest of it, what meaning is there except "Get money, get it legally, and get a lot of it"? Money has become the grand test of virtue. By this test beggars fail, and for this they are despised. If one could earn even ten pounds a week at begging, it would become a respectable profession immediately. A beggar, looked at realistically, is simply a businessman, getting his living, like other businessmen, in the way that comes to hand. He has not, more than most modern people, sold his honor; he has merely made the mistake of choosing a trade at which it is impossible to grow rich.
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接着就产生了一个问题。为什么乞丐被鄙视呢?一因为他们到处都在受鄙视。我觉得是因为一个简单的原因:他们无法体面地生活。实际上,没有人关心工作是有用的还是无用的,富有成果还是依附于人;人们看重的只有一件事:工作应该是赚钱的。现代关于能源、效率、社会服务及其他事务的一切讨论,除了“赚钱,合法赚钱和赚更多钱”以外,还有什么别的什么内容吗?钱成了测试美德的重要标准。乞丐没能通过这项测试,因此遭到鄙视。哪怕一个人能够通过乞讨每周赚得十英镑,乞丐也会立刻变成一种受人尊重的职业。现实一点看,一个乞丐不过是个商人,与其他商人一样,用他觉得容易的方式谋生。他并未比大多数现代人更多地出卖尊严;他只是犯了个错误,选择了一项不太可能致富的营生。
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