Britain has experienced two crises this August, one on the streets and one in the markets. The French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau perceived the common issue three centuries ago. The gangs he observed were not on the city streets or trading floors, they were huntsmen: “If a deer was to be taken, everyone saw that, in order to succeed, he must abide faithfully by his post: but if a hare happened to come within the reach of any one of them, it is not to be doubted that he pursued it without scruple and, having seized his prey, cared very little, if by so doing he caused his companions to miss theirs.”
在這個8月裏，英國經歷了兩場危機，一場街頭危機，一場股市危機。法國哲學家讓-雅克•盧梭(Jean-Jacques Rousseau)三個世紀前就觀察到了這個帶有普遍性的問題。他觀察的對象不是城市街頭或交易所裏的某一夥人，而是獵人：「爲了捕獵一隻鹿，所有獵人都認識到，要想成功，每個人就必須堅守崗位。但如果有一隻野兔碰巧進入某個獵人的看守範圍，他肯定會無所顧忌地去追捕野兔；並且，如果逮到了野兔，他幾乎不會在乎自己的行爲是否導致同伴失去獵物。」