Nothing Is So Retentive As

At The Heart Of Capitalism Is Creative Destruction.

The Banker, Therefore, Is Not So Much Primarily A Middleman In The Commodity "purchasing Power" As A Producer Of This Commodity. However, Since All Reserve Funds And Savings Today Usually Flow To Him, And The Total Demand For Free Purchasing Power, Whether Existing Or To Be Created, Concentrates On Him, He Has Either Replaced Private Capitalists Or Become Their Agent; He Has Himself Become The Capitalist Par Excellence.

It Is However Always Important To Remember That The Ability To See Things In Their Correct Perspective May Be, And Often Is, Divorced From The Ability To Reason Correctly And Vice Versa. That Is Why A Man May Be A Very Good Theorist And Yet Talk Absolute Nonsense.

Politicians Are Like Bad Horsemen Who Are So Preoccupied With Staying In The Saddle That They Can't Bother About Where They're Going.

The Religious Quality Of Marxism Also Explains A Characteristic Attitude Of The Orthodox Marxist Toward Opponents. To Him, As To Any Believer In A Faith, The Opponent Is Not Merely In Error But In Sin. Dissent Is Disapproved Of Not Only Intellectually But Also Morally. There Cannot Be Any Excuse For It Once The Message Has Been Revealed.