In " Ujamma " he declared : " In acquisitive societies, wealth tends to corrupt those who possess it.
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"We live in an extremely acquisitive society, " said a model-tall Lauren Bacall lookalike decked out in a few major acquisitions herself.
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Tawney opposed what he called the " acquisitive society " that causes private property to be used to transfer surplus profit to " functionless owners " capitalist rentiers.