Emil Lederer · 1920
This recorded commission speaking turn challenges a double standard in judging private enterprise and socialization. Lederer asks why the same circumstances receive incompatible interpretations:
Warum werden sie bei privaten Betrieben aber als Naturnotwendigkeit, hingegen in der Sozialisierung als sinnwidrig angesehen! Das ist mir rätselhaft.
English translation: But why are they regarded as a natural necessity in private enterprises, yet as contrary to reason under socialization! That puzzles me.
The pronoun’s referent is absent from the supplied turn, so the specific circumstances remain uncertain. The intervention nevertheless exposes an asymmetry: private enterprise’s conditions are naturalized, while socialization’s are treated as irrational. Its force lies in demanding consistent judgment, not in proposing a mining policy.
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