Dialogue on Democracy, Part Eleven
B. What do you mean, “Easy for me to say”?
A. “Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral, as Brecht said — grub first, then ethics. It’s a false dichotomy: either economic prosperity or human flourishing. People who are economically deprived don’t have the leisure to develop their … to start a Finer Things Club.