Marcel Claessen wrote:
>Re. the Condorcet quote by Hayek: ??? la guerre comme ??? la guerre!
I am sympathetic with Marcel's response, but
Condorcet's speech does seem to me to be a purely
revolutionary / political statement: if we burn
all the proofs of land-holdings, nobility, etc.,
then the nobility can *never* re-establish its
control of the country.
(If you leave the property records, then the
nobility can always assert a claim to their
illegitimate hereditary rights and undermine the
revolution.)
Peter G. Stillman