Book: Capital

He hated this world ruled by money and floats on the surface of all the worst that is in man; he hated this world and bitterly regretted that he decided to join his limits.

As there was a growing wave of extravagance and human energy is increasingly directed to the creation of useless luxuries, gradually increased impoverishment and degradation of the unfortunate servants of mammon. And who knows what they would think if they ever get over all this think

A date with the judge helped him to establish two things: first, that his client was a figurehead and that the process really boils down to the fight between the thieves; and secondly, that he has no guarantee at any time not to be thrown overboard.

Nowhere was the truth - was only competing among themselves power, to cover for their own purposes the words of truth.

Before you were smart and brave, and now do not dare to die without thinking first, whether it's like your rich snobs.

What are the successful lawyers? This clever professional tricks of the inventors, each with an income of hundreds of thousands of dollars. But to name at least one who refused to participate in the evil game you can not, for of such no one has ever heard of. But it is quite clear that would follow if such a person shows up.

The purpose of the Board - robbery; their chests thread receives all the income. Just a stranger being in their city, succeeds only if indulges their interests, and inevitably doomed to failure, if you do not give yourself to use to their advantage. Major publisher of the popular the Bishop is people preaching their doctrines; the famous statesman is a person constituting the pleasing of the law, a good lawyer is lawyer who helps them deceive the public.

The city, ruled by the mighty force, the power of money, the main role here played the famous rich family, who for several generations held the power in their hands, and accustomed to consider the city with all its millions of inhabitants as their ancestral patrimony. They completely own - it's all squeezed in their fist.

Delving into the subject of Montagu gradually found that as in "fidelity" and generally throughout the insurance and related banking and financial sectors egregious things happen. He was unable to imagine how such a situation could exist, remaining unknown to the General public.

In a world where everything is so shaky, it would be presumption to imagine, if you know what virtue is.

The result is a frenetic livin ' people's health was breaking rapidly, and to restore it comes up with many ridiculous ways. One ordered not eat anything except spinach, another, on the contrary, eating whatever grass. This thirty-two times had to chew on a spoonful of soup, he ate every two hours and someone else just once a week; there was the "rest cure", "water cure", "treatment "new thought", "the treatment of the metaphysical"...

The most striking feature of the capital of the society was absolute, blind materialism. Interested in intellectual matters was a sign of eccentricity. "Society" consisted only of a tiny handful of people, famous for the speedy enrichment; they gathered each other in palaces, had eaten to satiety, played cards and gossiped, artificially surrounding himself with an aura of mystery and grandeur.

In the capital, the only measure of excellence was money, and the possession of money was an indication of power, and things, the natural desire of men and women competed only in money. The desire for beauty, hospitality, enjoyment of music and dancing, love - everything became an occasion to showcase wealth.

Everywhere, in all classes of society, men and women wore out their hearts and minds and put forth all his strength to keep up with the Ghost of fashion; because of this, the Ghost mass of the people languished in poverty and the youth is the hope of mankind - indulged in deceptive illusions.