Z:gnu-www-ja-self-interest--29e0e4-The advantages enjoyed by Amer/en

The advantages enjoyed by Americans over citizens of the Soviet countries, and the advantages we still enjoy over the nominally free citizens of Russia and other eastern European countries, are those of a society organized to allow a high percentage of Americans to act in such a way as to serve both their self-interest and some substantial stock of moral principles. Not only our habits and customs, but also our positive laws &mdash; such as those of copyright &mdash; enter into that organization of our society, for good or bad, but not in a morally neutral manner.