Wanted for the work of the world

“‘…reckless without hardihood, greedy without audacity, and cruel without courage: there was not an atom of foresight or of serious intention in the whole batch of them, and they did not seem aware that these things are wanted for the work of the world.’ Does this refer to our financial and political elites? Nope. Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, on the Belgians in the Congo.” – via Francisco Goldman