Sublime

The wealthy often claim special skills, hard work, and the personal sacrifice they themselves or their parents or forefathers have made as justifications for the wealth they hold today. These factors may well have contributed to their fortunes. Yet, without legal coding, most of these fortunes would have been short-lived. Accumulating wealth over

Das Shitbürgertum hat weite Teile des Kultur- und Wissenschaftsbetriebs unter seine Kontrolle gebracht, dazu nahezu alle Amtskirchen und eine Vierfünftel-Mehrheit der NGOs, die überwiegend mit Steuergeldern finanziert werden. Deswegen sorgt sich das Shitbürgertum so um den Staat, weil er gleichermaßen Muttererde, Dünger und Bewässerungssystem

One of Adam Smith’s most intelligent and penetrating readers was the German economist Karl Marx. Marx agreed entirely with Smith’s analysis: specialization had indeed transformed the world and possessed a revolutionary power to enrich individuals and nations. But where he differed from Smith was in his assessment of how desirable this development

Die Tugend des Kapitalismus

Empirical research from around the globe has demonstrated this beyond a reasonable doubt. For example, researchers at the London School of Economics released a paper titled, “Why Do People Stay Poor?” that illustrated how the lack of initial wealth (and not motivation or talent) is what keeps people in poverty. The researchers tested this

The original conception of leisure, as it arose in the civilized world of Greece, has, however, become unrecognizable in the world of planned diligence and “total labor”; and in order to gain a clear notion of leisure we must begin by setting aside the prejudice—our prejudice—that comes from overvaluing the sphere of work. In his well-known study

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