A religion may be discerned in capitalism-that is to say, capitalism serves essentially to allay the same anxieties, torments, and disturbances to which the so-called religions offered answers. (Walter Benjamin)

A religion may be discerned in capitalism-that is to say, capitalism serves essentially to allay the same anxieties, torments, and disturbances to which the so-called religions offered answers.

Walter Benjamin

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