Quote Originally Posted by Enoch the Red View Post
I'm beginning to think you haven't actually read the book, as it wasn't solely about titans of industry, (though those were certainly the main characters). There were subplots with people who were minor characters, yet clearly productive members of society working retail, as a short order cook, executive assistants, and ironically enough, a hobo.
I must not have been clear enough. The guy who ensures that their toilet flushes properly is but one of millions of people who ensure that society continues to function. So long as what you take or use in society is not more than what you give back, you are helping it to continue functioning. This was the point that is glossed over. Does the book not treat the majority of society as if they are parasites? Held aloft by a small contingent of productive members of society? This is not the case in reality. Do they truthfully discuss these millions of people who ensure that they can shit, eat, breed, shop, invent, and continue functioning in a modern society? Or do they treat them like a problem to be overcome?