No doubt, capitalism has brought a lot of good to the world – at least to parts of it. But it's at a cost. The strife for profit is an effective engine for the progress of material gains, but it's a lousy ideal.
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My sentiments exactly. Business is war. It is insatiable. It is materialistic.
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Homer had the first critique of buisness. The Phonecians were the businessmen, the merchantmen, of the ancient Mediterrenean. Homer said, "The Phonecians are fine sailors but all are rogues".