where Communism is a very live option,

盛行的环境中进行论证的
and the Marxist position about freedom

马克思主义观点认为自由
is that it's a Bourgeois delusion,

是资本家欺诈的手段
and that only by giving everyone the same access

只有每个人都有同等权利
to material rewards, to money, wealth, and the like;

获得物质回报金钱等
only by downward redistribution of money, wealth, and the like

只有金钱和财富等自上而下再次分配
can real freedom be shared by everyone.

人们才能享有真正的自由
Hayek wants desperately to head off that argument.

海耶克千方百计地想要遏制这个理论
Now, whether that argument is right or wrong

现在无论这个理论正确与否
is actually more semantic than anything else,

它的确比任何其它东西都更具语意意义
and we'll actually close with a slide about this.

我们将会结束关于这部分的讲解
That is to say, can you be free

也就是说你有自由吗