But I came across this the other day, and just had to smile. We can file this under the heading of "the more things change, the more they stay the same." Written as the preface to the Smalcald Articles in 1537 by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther:
"In addition to such necessary concern of the church, there
are also countless important matters in wordly affairs that need
improvement. There is disunity among the princes and the estates.
Greed and usury have burst in like a great flood and have attained a semblance
of legality. Wantonness, lewdness, extravagant dress, gluttony, gambling,
conspicuous consumption with all kinds of vice and wickedness, disobedience--of
subjects, servants, laborers--extortion by all the artisans and peasants (who
can list everything?) have so gained the upper hand that a person could not set
things right again with ten councils..."
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