The fancies that take their monstrous birth from the spinelessness and boredom of usurped wealth bring in their wake every defect .. and though rich men's crimes escape the law, protected as they are by the cowardice of governments and people, Nature, more real than society, sets her anarchic example by abandoning the wretched time servers of Capital to the shame and madness of the worst aberrations. Jean Lorrain
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In this quote, Count Ludovico di Ludovisi expresses his opinion about the evils of economic inequality. The Count used a metaphor of a dragon and a serpent to describe the harmful effects of money and greed in society. The dragon represents the rich and powerful, and the serpent represents the poor and powerless. The Count argued that in times of great inequality, people start to believe that the wealthy are somehow special and invincible. This belief can lead them to commit immoral acts such as privilege abuse, crime, and even terrorism.

Source: Le Crime Des Riches (1905): Suivi De Paris Forain

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