Of course there are many sincere men who now believe in unrestricted individualism in business, just as there were formerly many sincere men who believed in slavery--that is, in the unrestricted right of an individual to own another individual.
He compares the belief in unrestricted individualism in business to the historical belief in slavery, highlighting its dangers.
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