Mises said:
Some people find monetary calculation disgusting. They do not want the voice of critical reason to awaken them from their dreams. Reality irritates them; they strive for the realm of unlimited possibilities. A social order where everything is calculated in dollars and cents is disgusting to them. They call their complaints noble manners, worthy of friends of the spirit, beauty and virtue, contrasting them with the shameful baseness and meanness of the bourgeoisie. But the rationality of the calculating and calculating mind does not interfere with the cult of beauty and virtue, wisdom and the search for truth. Only romantic dreams are unable to survive in an environment of sober criticism. The cold-blooded calculating subject is a severe critic of the sublime dreamer.