保守主义者可能不愿承认,但现代工业要求对老幼看护实行社会化管理。在保守主义者所持的谬见中,很少有比所谓福利国家与市场争夺资源的观点更为根深蒂固了。事实上,现代企业与现代福利国家共生共荣,而且两者都是靠家庭支出增长的。在工业革命以前,无论是生产还是对老幼病残的看护,大都是在农庄内由家庭成员所为。人们自制黄油,自己看护子女、年迈的双亲和患病在家的配偶。 Conservatives may be reluctant to admit it, but modern industry demands that social care be given to caregivers. Of the fallacies held by conservatives, there is seldom anything more deeply rooted than the argument that the welfare state and the market compete for resources. In fact, modern businesses live in harmony with modern welfare states, and both grow on household spending. Before the Industrial Revolution, most of the care and attention, whether it be production or the care of young and old, were done by family members within the farm. People make their own butter, their own caregivers, elderly parents, and sick spouses at home.