Nietzsche called industrial society the "meanest form of existence that has ever been" and claimed that socialism arose because of the vulgarity and ignobility

Nietzsche called industrial society the "meanest form of existence that has ever been" and claimed that socialism arose because of the vulgarity and ignobility of the capitalist elites. On several occasions he expresses a disdain for anything involving money and he considered work itself, and particularly the haste and business "capitalist elite" types have, as ugly. In general, he does not fit into modern categories of thought. The Gay Science is a great and accessible read - I recommend the Kaufmann translation, personally. It contains Nietzsche's views on a lot of subjects. I would also add that he makes clear his preferences are just that, preferences. A major point of his moral philosophy is that morality is not objective, but a social behavior, the "herd instinct in the individual."