“When you see that in order to produce,
you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing;
when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods, but in favors;
when you see that men get rich more easily by graft than by work,
and your laws no longer protect you against them, but protect them against you. . .
you may know that your society is doomed.”
Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand