The consequences of the modern code of behaviour

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Inequalities are widening as power slips out of the peoples hands and the gap between the haves and have nots in the next century will widen in proportion to the extent that the personal achievement society does away with what remains of the social ethical constraints of the societies of the past. Everywhere the social state is on the retreat, modern liberalism has taken advantage of the failure of socialism and especially of Marxism to undermine the authority of the state to protect its citizens. In the next century even clean air and health will only be available for cash on the nail. Those without money will be given the freedom to perish. This is the Utopia of Hayek and Adam Smith: the Empire of Lucre.

One ofi a gradual decline in human intellectuality and speculation in favour of shrewdness, skill and cunning. Power has become less "natural". It is more and more concocted.

Physical strength even among the under classes does phone number list not count for very much these days. Everyone has weapons or lawyers (or both). Holefernes and Goliath, embodiments of brute strength, were defeated by the power of cunning, and David and Judith might well serve as heroes for the modern age, individuals who triumphed over great odds by using their wits to defeat their opponents by subterfuge.

Subterfuge is the most important weapon in the quest for power today and if the straining of the metaphor will be pardoned, money is its ammunition. Ignorance of everything not related to the obtaining and retaining of money is widespread and socially acceptable. Integrity is a luxury which few can afford, since the power of money outweighs the power of religion or morality or any other faith.