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title: "4 Bad Capitalism Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“Capitalism is rotten at every level, and yet it adds up to something extraordinarily useful for society over time. The paradox of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-adams/capitalism-is-rotten-at-every-level-and-yet-it-adds-up-to-something/)

[Scott Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-adams/)

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> [“...there's nothing more depressing than bad capitalism.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/there-s-nothing-more-depressing-than-bad-capitalism/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

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> [My dad was a labour lawyer, and the ideas that I grew up with - bad management, bad capitalism, robber barons -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/my-dad-was-a-labour-lawyer-and-the-ideas-that-i-grew-up-with-bad/)

[David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/)

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> [Other families who are poor do what they can to get out of it. My mother did not. She did not utilise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/said-sayrafiezadeh/other-families-who-are-poor-do-what-they-can-to-get-out-of-it-my/)

[Said Sayrafiezadeh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/said-sayrafiezadeh/)

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