and so they go on working away...seldom enjoying their possessions because they are always adding to them. In a word, they are by nature incapable of living a quiet life or allowing anyone else do to so."
An ancient emissary speaking of Athenians.
quoted in History of the World, a Mental Floss Publication by Erik Sass, Steve Weigard, et al.
Doesn't that sound like modern america?
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