Subtle thinker, that Keynes. This seems like saying that people would act in a nasty, self-seeking, domineering way if they didn't act in a nasty, self-seeking, domineering way. Doc Johnson seemed of two minds on this issue. He's well known for saying, "There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money." But he also said, "When ... the desire of wealth is taking hold of the heart, let us look round and see how it operates upon those whose industry or fortune has obtained it. When we find them oppressed with their own abundance, luxurious without pleasure, idle without ease, impatient and querulous in themselves, and despised or hated by the rest of mankind, we shall soon be convinced, that if the real wants of our condition are satisfied, there remains little to be sought with solicitude, or desired with eagerness."
Carl
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