The abjectly poor, and all those persons whose energies are entirely absorbed by the struggle for daily sustenance, are conservative because they cannot afford the effort of taking thought for the day after tomorrow; just as the highly prosperous are conservative because they have small occasion to be discontented with the situation as it stands today.

가난한 사람들은 내일을 생각할 여유가 없기 때문에 보수적이요, 부자들은 오늘에 불만을 품을 이유가 없기 때문에 보수적이다.

도스타인 분데 베블렌(Thorstein Bunde Veblen) - 유한계급론

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