"It is useless to pretend..."

"It is useless to pretend that religion and tradition and honor always win the day." - G.B. Shaw


Of course, as with any quote taken out of context, the meaning seems to be much deeper than it really is. This particular quote makes it seem like the world is a horrid place to live in and that evil prevails.  Basically, the reason why this quote is so awesome is because Shaw is arguing that when the options women had if they wanted to be independent from men were to work their butts off in a factory (and risk getting poisoning) for pennies or to prostitute themselves for culture and far better pay, that "Capitalism [sic]" is setting women up to choose the obvious (if one takes out moral standards and the like). That's why he said the above quote. I just thought it was cool. Interesting man, this Shaw guy is.