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  • The decay of old aristocratic prejudices against greedy speculation, the undermining of orthodox Christian faith (which forbids avarice)... the debauching of agriculture to a gross money-getting concern: these particular aspects of a vast and voracious concentration upon profits are so many illustrations of our sinning confusion of values.

    Russell Kirk (2001). “The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot”, p.140, Regnery Publishing