Bourgeois society contains features which are or ought to be the envy of the world : a rule of law, which stands sovereign over the actions of the state; rights and freedoms which are defended by the state against all-comers, including itself; the right of private property, which enables me not only to close a door on enemies, but also to open a door to friends; the monogamous marriage and property-owning family, by which the material and culture capital of one generation can be passed without trouble to the next; a system of universal education, formed by the aesthetic and scientific vision of the Enlightenment; and – last but not least – the prosperity and security provided by science and the market, the two inevitable by-products of individual freedom.