When the bank account
is the standard of values
the class on the top
sets the standard.
When the class on the top
cares only for money
it does not care
for culture.
When the class on the top
does not care
for culture,
nobody cares
for culture.
And when nobody cares
for culture
civilization decays.
When class distinction
is not based
on the sense of noblesse oblige,
it becomes clothes distinction.
When class distinction
has become clothes distinction
everybody tries
to put up a front.