How far does one combine resistance to over-control with social justice, i.e. tolerable living for people in general? We are too selfish to be trusted, if left free, to give away enough to make people comfortable enough to give them a chance. Yet if all this is ordered for us, as to some extent it has to be, it so soon leads to tyranny. It is a very difficult problem. If only human beings had more pity, unselfishness, and justice and didn't need coercion to treat each other decently.
Giving is not at all interesting; but receiving is, there is no doubt about it, delightful.
One should, I think, always give children money, for they will spend it for themselves far more profitably than we can ever spend it for them.
