“Just think what ought to be and what is! It ought to be that when such a gentleman comes into the society of my sister or my daughter, I, knowing about his life, should draw him quietly to one side and say in a confidential whisper, ‘I know exactly how you are living, how you spend your nights and with whom. This is no place for you. These are pure, innocent women and girls. Please go.’ “So it ought to be. But in reality, when such a man makes his appearance or when he dances with my sister or my daughter in his arms, we rejoice if he is rich and well connected.
So does capitalism break the thought that is moral and good, all in favor of personal gain and wealth accumulation.
