BitcoinBellyButton on Nostr: "Money is the barometer of a society’s virtue. When you see that trading is done, ...
"Money is the barometer of a society’s virtue.
When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion
when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing
when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors
when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you
when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice
you may know that your society is doomed. "
Francisco d'Anconia
When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion
when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing
when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors
when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you
when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice
you may know that your society is doomed. "
Francisco d'Anconia