“Its task once terminated, the proletariat has been bled, supposedly as a measure of hygiene. The bourgeoisie, reassured, strutted about in good humor, thanks to its wealth and the contagion of its stupidity. The result of its accession to power had been the destruction of all intelligence, the negation of all honesty, the death of all art, and, in fact, the debased artists had fallen on their knees, and they eagerly kissed the dirty feet of the eminent jobbers and low satraps whose alms permitted them to live.”

Joris-Karl Huysmans. “A Rebours”

On the social implications of loose monetary policy, on the consolidation of wealth, and on the financialization of everything that makes us human.