Masana tunanin jari-hujja na farko sun riƙe imani cewa yin aiki don moriyar kai shi ne yin aiki da hankali, kuma idan kowa zai yi aiki da hankali, to hakan ne kawai ake buƙata domin al'umma baki ɗaya ta bunƙasa.

Early liberal capitalist thinkers maintained the belief that acting in a self-interested fashion is to act rationally, and if everyone were to act rationally, then that is all that is needed for society as a whole to flourish.

Ci gaba da ra'ayin 'yanci na zamani yana ɗaukar al'amura mataki gaba: Wa zai iya cewa menene hankali (rationality) ainihin yake ƙunshe da shi, da kuma waɗanne "muradu" ne ainihin "masu hankali" da za a bi? Domin al'umma ta samu ci gaba da gaske, ya kamata mutane su bi duk abin da zai sa su ji daɗi kawai (muddin dai duk yana "rashin cutarwa" da "yarda da juna," tabbas!).

Contemporary liberalism takes things a step further: Who’s to say what rationality even consists of and what “interests” are indeed “rational” to pursue? For society to truly flourish, people should just pursue whatever makes them feel good (so long as it’s all “harmless” and “consensual,” of course!).

Kuma sai mutane su yi mamaki dalilin da ya sa duniya ta zama rikici

And then people wonder why the world is a mess