When Bankers
Rule
by Peter
Maurin, 1877-1949
Modern society
has made the bank account the standard of values.
When the bank
account becomes the standard of values
the banker has the power.
When the banker
has the power
the technician has to supervise the making of profits.
When the banker
has the power
the politician has to assure law and order in the profit-making
system.
When the banker
has the power
the educator trains students in the technique of profit making.
When the banker
has the power
the clergyman is expected to bless the profit-making system or to
join the unemployed.
When the banker
has the power
the Sermon on the Mount is declared unpractical.
When the banker
has the power
we have an acquisitive, not a functional society.