Max Weber — "It is horrible to think that the world could one day be filled with nothing but …"

It is horrible to think that the world could one day be filled with nothing but those little cogs, little men clinging to little jobs and striving towards bigger ones - a state of affairs which is to be seen once more, as in the Egyptian records, playing an ever-increasing part in the spirit of our present administrative system, and especially of its offspring, the students. This passion for bureaucracy ... is enough to drive one to despair.
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From 'The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism'

Date: 1904-1905

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