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| 23897 | Once money is the main aim, society needs everyone to think wealth is possible |
| Full Idea: Money, once it becomes the goal of desires and efforts, cannot tolerate in its domain internal conditions in which it is impossible to be enriched. | |||
| From: Simone Weil (The Work of a Free Person [1942], p.134) | |||
| A reaction: The possibility for everyone that they might become rich seems basic to capitalism, even though it is utterly impossible. In theory we can all set up small successful businesses, but if they are good they nearly all get squeezed out. |