The money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths. The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit. Source: WikipediaA mouthful there. First of all, let's consider what happened in the last 82+ years since FDR uttered those words. I wrote about Unitroids, which I think is where we are now. The 'troids herald the arrival of the moneychangers back to their high seats in the temple of our civilization.
Let's put it another way: instead of FDR achieving what he said he would achieve, which is to apply "social values more noble than mere monetary profit", we have gotten even more of the same! FDR and his successors have failed miserably. We are worse off as a result. Much worse.
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