| An ideal is a theory, researched but not experimented on; its use is in it malleability, when placed into practice. Its use is in researching its divergence from reality, yes. But that is only half the story. As a theory, it's supposed to be changed when new things are found out - that's what experiments are for. Your example, pure market capitalism, has been run, and much learned from it, but nothing should be written in stone. We have our working model. Let's run some more experiments.
. . . whenever any government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. |