But in more vigorous cultures, as men age, they enter a new spire where they aspire to earn respect and wisdom. The stock market boom over the past decade reflects this weakening of entrepreneurship. An adrenaline excitement of buying and selling replaces any consideration for usefulness and inherent value. This wild division of cancerous cells characterizes growth rather than a slow and steady gain in knowledge of physiology that dictates proper nutrition, exercise and, most important of all, sleep. Those who do not truly work cannot sleep.
Chronic inflation is synonymous of the decline of a class or a society.
They all felt good . . . So much time for frivolousness . Ruling classes are not overthrown in a struggle with superior force. That is but the last, and most visible step. The inner rotting comes long before that.