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	The '''common people''', commoners, or the masses are the people who are neither [[upper class\|rich]] nor have an exceptionally strong [[intellectual\|intellect]].<ref>{{cite book\|title=Human Action\|date=1949\|author=Mises, Ludwig von\|quote=Common man does not speculate about the great problems. With regard to them he relies upon other people's authority, he behaves as "every decent fellow must behave," he is like a sheep in the herd. It is precisely this intellectual inertia that characterizes a man as a common man. Yet the common man does choose. He chooses to adopt traditional patterns or patterns adopted by other people because he is convinced that this procedure is best fitted to achieve his own welfare. And he is ready to change his ideology and consequently his mode of action whenever he becomes convinced that this would better serve his own interests.\|chapter=The Individual and Changing Features of Human Action\|url=http://mises.org/humanaction/chap2sec6.asp}}</ref> [[Socialist]]s often describe themselves as champions of the common man,<ref>{{cite book\|title=The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality\|author=Mises, Ludwig von\|date=1956\|chapter=Capitalism as it is and as it is Seen by the Common Man\|url=http://mises.org/etexts/mises/anticap/section2.asp}}</ref> but [[libertarian]]s beg to differ.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mises.org/daily/6537/Who-Are-the-Champions-of-the-Common-Man\|title=Who Are the Champions of the Common Man?\|author=Rockwell, Llewellyn H.\|date=21 September 2013\|publisher=Mises Daily}}</ref> [[Art Carden]] notes, "Under [[capitalism]], the common man does not need an intellectual vanguard or a group of virtuous surrogates to make his decisions for him or to defend him against the rapacity of his fellows. He can do just fine without our help, thank you very much, and would be much obliged if we would go back to our ivory towers and leave him alone."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mises.org/daily/3529\|title=Why Is Capitalism So Unpopular?\|author=Carden, Art\|date=7 September 2009\|publisher=Mises Daily}}</ref>		The '''common people''', commoners, or the masses are the people who are neither [[upper class\|rich]] nor have an exceptionally strong [[intellectual\|intellect]].<ref>{{cite book\|title=Human Action\|date=1949\|author=Mises, Ludwig von\|quote=Common man does not speculate about the great problems. With regard to them he relies upon other people's authority, he behaves as "every decent fellow must behave," he is like a sheep in the herd. It is precisely this intellectual inertia that characterizes a man as a common man. Yet the common man does choose. He chooses to adopt traditional patterns or patterns adopted by other people because he is convinced that this procedure is best fitted to achieve his own welfare. And he is ready to change his ideology and consequently his mode of action whenever he becomes convinced that this would better serve his own interests.\|chapter=The Individual and Changing Features of Human Action\|url=http://mises.org/humanaction/chap2sec6.asp}}</ref> [[Socialist]]s often describe themselves as champions of the common man,<ref>{{cite book\|title=The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality\|author=Mises, Ludwig von\|date=1956\|chapter=Capitalism as it is and as it is Seen by the Common Man\|url=http://mises.org/etexts/mises/anticap/section2.asp}}</ref> but [[libertarian]]s beg to differ.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mises.org/daily/6537/Who-Are-the-Champions-of-the-Common-Man\|title=Who Are the Champions of the Common Man?\|author=Rockwell, Llewellyn H.\|date=21 September 2013\|publisher=Mises Daily}}</ref> [[Art Carden]] notes, "Under [[capitalism]], the common man does not need an intellectual vanguard or a group of virtuous surrogates to make his decisions for him or to defend him against the rapacity of his fellows. He can do just fine without our help, thank you very much, and would be much obliged if we would go back to our ivory towers and leave him alone."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mises.org/daily/3529\|title=Why Is Capitalism So Unpopular?\|author=Carden, Art\|date=7 September 2009\|publisher=Mises Daily}}</ref>

			According to [[Ludwig von Mises]], the common man's inferiority to the average businessman "manifests itself first of all in his limited ability to think, to work, and thereby to contribute more to the joint productive effort of mankind. Most people who satisfactorily operate in routine jobs would be found wanting in any performance requiring a modicum of initiative and reflection."<ref>{{cite web\|author=Mises, Ludwig von\|title=On Equality and Inequality\|url=http://mises.org/daily/2179\|date=Spring 1961}}</ref> For this reason, "a man of average intellectual abilities has no chance to rise to the rank of a captain of industry."<ref>{{cite book\|title=Liberty and Property\|url=http://mises.org/libprop/lpsec4.asp\|author=Mises, Ludwig von\|date=October 1958}}</ref>

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	The '''common ~~man~~''' ~~is a person~~ who is neither [[upper class\|rich]] nor ~~has~~ an exceptionally strong [[intellectual\|intellect]].<ref>{{cite book\|title=Human Action\|date=1949\|author=Mises, Ludwig von\|quote=Common man does not speculate about the great problems. With regard to them he relies upon other people's authority, he behaves as "every decent fellow must behave," he is like a sheep in the herd. It is precisely this intellectual inertia that characterizes a man as a common man. Yet the common man does choose. He chooses to adopt traditional patterns or patterns adopted by other people because he is convinced that this procedure is best fitted to achieve his own welfare. And he is ready to change his ideology and consequently his mode of action whenever he becomes convinced that this would better serve his own interests.\|chapter=The Individual and Changing Features of Human Action\|url=http://mises.org/humanaction/chap2sec6.asp}}</ref> [[Socialist]]s often describe themselves as champions of the common man,<ref>{{cite book\|title=The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality\|author=Mises, Ludwig von\|date=1956\|chapter=Capitalism as it is and as it is Seen by the Common Man\|url=http://mises.org/etexts/mises/anticap/section2.asp}}</ref> but [[libertarian]]s beg to differ.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mises.org/daily/6537/Who-Are-the-Champions-of-the-Common-Man\|title=Who Are the Champions of the Common Man?\|author=Rockwell, Llewellyn H.\|date=21 September 2013\|publisher=Mises Daily}}</ref> [[Art Carden]] notes, "Under [[capitalism]], the common man does not need an intellectual vanguard or a group of virtuous surrogates to make his decisions for him or to defend him against the rapacity of his fellows. He can do just fine without our help, thank you very much, and would be much obliged if we would go back to our ivory towers and leave him alone."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mises.org/daily/3529\|title=Why Is Capitalism So Unpopular?\|author=Carden, Art\|date=7 September 2009\|publisher=Mises Daily}}</ref>		The '''common people''', commoners, or the masses are the people who are neither [[upper class\|rich]] nor have an exceptionally strong [[intellectual\|intellect]].<ref>{{cite book\|title=Human Action\|date=1949\|author=Mises, Ludwig von\|quote=Common man does not speculate about the great problems. With regard to them he relies upon other people's authority, he behaves as "every decent fellow must behave," he is like a sheep in the herd. It is precisely this intellectual inertia that characterizes a man as a common man. Yet the common man does choose. He chooses to adopt traditional patterns or patterns adopted by other people because he is convinced that this procedure is best fitted to achieve his own welfare. And he is ready to change his ideology and consequently his mode of action whenever he becomes convinced that this would better serve his own interests.\|chapter=The Individual and Changing Features of Human Action\|url=http://mises.org/humanaction/chap2sec6.asp}}</ref> [[Socialist]]s often describe themselves as champions of the common man,<ref>{{cite book\|title=The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality\|author=Mises, Ludwig von\|date=1956\|chapter=Capitalism as it is and as it is Seen by the Common Man\|url=http://mises.org/etexts/mises/anticap/section2.asp}}</ref> but [[libertarian]]s beg to differ.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mises.org/daily/6537/Who-Are-the-Champions-of-the-Common-Man\|title=Who Are the Champions of the Common Man?\|author=Rockwell, Llewellyn H.\|date=21 September 2013\|publisher=Mises Daily}}</ref> [[Art Carden]] notes, "Under [[capitalism]], the common man does not need an intellectual vanguard or a group of virtuous surrogates to make his decisions for him or to defend him against the rapacity of his fellows. He can do just fine without our help, thank you very much, and would be much obliged if we would go back to our ivory towers and leave him alone."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mises.org/daily/3529\|title=Why Is Capitalism So Unpopular?\|author=Carden, Art\|date=7 September 2009\|publisher=Mises Daily}}</ref>

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	The '''common man''' is a person who is neither [[upper class\|rich]] nor has an exceptionally strong [[intellectual\|intellect]].<ref>{{cite book\|title=Human Action\|date=1949\|author=Mises, Ludwig von\|quote=Common man does not speculate about the great problems. With regard to them he relies upon other people's authority, he behaves as "every decent fellow must behave," he is like a sheep in the herd. It is precisely this intellectual inertia that characterizes a man as a common man. Yet the common man does choose. He chooses to adopt traditional patterns or patterns adopted by other people because he is convinced that this procedure is best fitted to achieve his own welfare. And he is ready to change his ideology and consequently his mode of action whenever he becomes convinced that this would better serve his own interests.\|chapter=The Individual and Changing Features of Human Action\|url=http://mises.org/humanaction/chap2sec6.asp}}</ref>		The '''common man''' is a person who is neither [[upper class\|rich]] nor has an exceptionally strong [[intellectual\|intellect]].<ref>{{cite book\|title=Human Action\|date=1949\|author=Mises, Ludwig von\|quote=Common man does not speculate about the great problems. With regard to them he relies upon other people's authority, he behaves as "every decent fellow must behave," he is like a sheep in the herd. It is precisely this intellectual inertia that characterizes a man as a common man. Yet the common man does choose. He chooses to adopt traditional patterns or patterns adopted by other people because he is convinced that this procedure is best fitted to achieve his own welfare. And he is ready to change his ideology and consequently his mode of action whenever he becomes convinced that this would better serve his own interests.\|chapter=The Individual and Changing Features of Human Action\|url=http://mises.org/humanaction/chap2sec6.asp}}</ref> [[Socialist]]s often describe themselves as champions of the common man,<ref>{{cite book\|title=The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality\|author=Mises, Ludwig von\|date=1956\|chapter=Capitalism as it is and as it is Seen by the Common Man\|url=http://mises.org/etexts/mises/anticap/section2.asp}}</ref> but [[libertarian]]s beg to differ.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mises.org/daily/6537/Who-Are-the-Champions-of-the-Common-Man\|title=Who Are the Champions of the Common Man?\|author=Rockwell, Llewellyn H.\|date=21 September 2013\|publisher=Mises Daily}}</ref> [[Art Carden]] notes, "Under [[capitalism]], the common man does not need an intellectual vanguard or a group of virtuous surrogates to make his decisions for him or to defend him against the rapacity of his fellows. He can do just fine without our help, thank you very much, and would be much obliged if we would go back to our ivory towers and leave him alone."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mises.org/daily/3529\|title=Why Is Capitalism So Unpopular?\|author=Carden, Art\|date=7 September 2009\|publisher=Mises Daily}}</ref>

	[[Socialist]]s often describe themselves as champions of the common man,<ref>{{cite book\|title=The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality\|author=Mises, Ludwig von\|date=1956\|chapter=Capitalism as it is and as it is Seen by the Common Man\|url=http://mises.org/etexts/mises/anticap/section2.asp}}</ref> but [[libertarian]]s beg to differ.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mises.org/daily/6537/Who-Are-the-Champions-of-the-Common-Man\|title=Who Are the Champions of the Common Man?\|author=Rockwell, Llewellyn H.\|date=21 September 2013\|publisher=Mises Daily}}</ref> [[Art Carden]] notes, "Under [[capitalism]], the common man does not need an intellectual vanguard or a group of virtuous surrogates to make his decisions for him or to defend him against the rapacity of his fellows. He can do just fine without our help, thank you very much, and would be much obliged if we would go back to our ivory towers and leave him alone."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mises.org/daily/3529\|title=Why Is Capitalism So Unpopular?\|author=Carden, Art\|date=7 September 2009\|publisher=Mises Daily}}</ref>

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The '''common man''' is a person who is neither [[upper class|rich]] nor has an exceptionally strong [[intellectual|intellect]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Human Action|date=1949|author=Mises, Ludwig von|quote=Common man does not speculate about the great problems. With regard to them he relies upon other people's authority, he behaves as "every decent fellow must behave," he is like a sheep in the herd. It is precisely this intellectual inertia that characterizes a man as a common man. Yet the common man does choose. He chooses to adopt traditional patterns or patterns adopted by other people because he is convinced that this procedure is best fitted to achieve his own welfare. And he is ready to change his ideology and consequently his mode of action whenever he becomes convinced that this would better serve his own interests.|chapter=The Individual and Changing Features of Human Action|url=http://mises.org/humanaction/chap2sec6.asp}}</ref>

[[Socialist]]s often describe themselves as champions of the common man,<ref>{{cite book|title=The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality|author=Mises, Ludwig von|date=1956|chapter=Capitalism as it is and as it is Seen by the Common Man|url=http://mises.org/etexts/mises/anticap/section2.asp}}</ref> but [[libertarian]]s beg to differ.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mises.org/daily/6537/Who-Are-the-Champions-of-the-Common-Man|title=Who Are the Champions of the Common Man?|author=Rockwell, Llewellyn H.|date=21 September 2013|publisher=Mises Daily}}</ref> [[Art Carden]] notes, "Under [[capitalism]], the common man does not need an intellectual vanguard or a group of virtuous surrogates to make his decisions for him or to defend him against the rapacity of his fellows. He can do just fine without our help, thank you very much, and would be much obliged if we would go back to our ivory towers and leave him alone."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mises.org/daily/3529|title=Why Is Capitalism So Unpopular?|author=Carden, Art|date=7 September 2009|publisher=Mises Daily}}</ref>

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