Sins of Capitalism

Greed drives the desire for profit at any cost.

Envy is a mainstay of the fashion industry and marketing as a whole.

Anger is subtly exploited in the Army of One fantasies of video games and recruitment advertisements.

Pride fuels the high-esteem bandwagon.

In the era of hypercapitalism, these and most of the other so-called deadly sins can be rehabilitated by the market as positive, even praiseworthy, states of mind. Sin has been spun. Hence I call them the Deadly Spins.

~ Geoff Olson , Common Ground, 2005-05