"This disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons of poor and mean condition, though necessary both to establish and to maintain the distinction of ranks and the order of society, is, at the same time, the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments.That wealth and greatness are often regarded with the respect and admiration which are due only to wisdom and virtue; and that the contempt, of which vice and folly are the only proper objects, is often most unjustly bestowed upon poverty and weakness, has been the complaint of moralists in all ages.We desire both to be respectable and to be respected. We dread both to be contemptible and to be contemned. But, upon coming into the world, we soon find that wisdom and virtue are by no means the sole objects of respect; nor vice and folly, of contempt."Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiment
אֵין כָּל חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁNihil sub sole novum.There is nothing new under the sun.Ecclesiastes 1:9
Their is surely nothing new under the sun, except those who are called and will be held accountable for their labor, under it.
Our moderns believe that they have learned to lie, to cheat, and to kill with unsurpassed skill, cleverness, and shamelessness.
They have discovered their will to power. Or perhaps, the will to power has discovered them.
They think that they have gained some impunity, and have risen above humanity to become as gods.
This week will see the last of the May contracts, and the beginning of the active month of June for gold.
Have a pleasant evening.
