COLLAPSE OF WORLDCOM

AIDAN HEHIR,

AIDAN HEHIR,

Sir, - The recent revelations about further financial illegalities in the US will surprise only the most naïve observers. Is it not inevitable that a system which conditions people from birth to crave material goods, pursue profit at all costs and venerate the wealthy will breed people who do not respect either the rule of law or any moral codes of conduct?

Global capitalism has bred a culture of greed and single-minded selfishness, and it cannot feign wounded surprise when this monster bites the hand that feeds it. - Yours, etc.,

AIDAN HEHIR,

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Wellesley Court,

Clancy Strand,

Limerick.