Pendulum

A good passage

A couple of Climbers broke into seemingly spontaneous applause. The Climbers were a particular genus of Good Capitalist; people who were willing to kiss as much arse, stab as much back, and climb as much greasy pole as was needed to Succeed. Only, you never did Succeed you were always shown another branch higher up the tree, and so the Climbers kept climbing always reaching for something tantalisingly beyond their grasp.