--- title: "8 Capitalist Quotes By Bell Hooks" description: "8 Capitalist quotes by Bell Hooks. Plus more from Bell Hooks and more Capitalist sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a6/bell-hooks-464_able_i-see-myself-in-terms-of-the-question-of_131850.jpg" --- > [I see myself, in terms of the question of capitalism, as I would support democratic socialism over a capitalist system, because any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/i-see-myself-in-terms-of-the-question-of-capitalism-as-i-would/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a6/bell-hooks-464_able_i-see-myself-in-terms-of-the-question-of_131850.jpg) > [Feminist pedagogy can only be liberatory if it is truly revolutionary because the mechanisms of appropriation within white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/feminist-pedagogy-can-only-be-liberatory-if-it-is-truly-revolutionary/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/495/bell-hooks-464_able_feminist-pedagogy-can-only-be-liberatory_144971.jpg) > [Often in my lectures when I use the phrase “imperialist white-supremacist capitalist patriarchy” to describe our nation’s political system, audiences laugh. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/often-in-my-lectures-when-i-use-the-phrase-imperialist-white/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1c/bell-hooks-464_audience_often-in-my-lectures-when-i-use-the-phra_1951957.jpg) > [Within a capitalist consumer society, the cult of personality has the power to subsume ideas, to make the person, the personality into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/within-a-capitalist-consumer-society-the-cult-of-personality-has-the/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/bell-hooks-464_capitalist_within-a-capitalist-consumer-society-the_2293428.jpg) > [In 2014, when Hillary Clinton was not yet running for president, I stated that I was not in agreement with her politics.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/in-2014-when-hillary-clinton-was-not-yet-running-for-president-i/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c0/bell-hooks-464_agreement_in-2014-when-hillary-clinton-was-not-yet_2497896.jpg) > [Shaming is one of the deepest tools of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy because shame produces trauma and trauma often produces paralysis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/shaming-is-one-of-the-deepest-tools-of-imperialist-white-supremacist/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/bell-hooks-464_capitalist_shaming-is-one-of-the-deepest-tools-of-i_2718673.jpg) > [You are not going to destroy this imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy by creating your own version of it,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/you-are-not-going-to-destroy-this-imperialist-white-supremacist/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bc/bell-hooks-464_capitalist_you-are-not-going-to-destroy-this-imperi_2730283.jpg) > [Hip-Hop is diverse. But the white, capitalist producers and distributors of Hip-Hop are most interested in the Hip-Hip that is misogynist, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/hip-hop-is-diverse-but-the-white-capitalist-producers-and/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41c/bell-hooks-464_black_hip-hop-is-diverse-but-the-white-capital_2798188.jpg) ## Other authors on Capitalist ## More by Bell Hooks > [Right now, for many Americans, class is being foregrounded like never before because of the economic situation. It doesn't mean that race doesn't matter,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/right-now-for-many-americans-class-is-being-foregrounded-like-never/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [“Most folks believe we are hardwired biologically to long for sex but they do not believe we are hardwired to long for love. Almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/most-folks-believe-we-are-hardwired-biologically-to-long-for-sex-but/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [... we need to interrogate "reverence," for idolization can be another way one is objectified and not really taken seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/we-need-to-interrogate-reverence-for-idolization-can-be-another-way/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [Couples who rarely or never have sex can know lifelong love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/couples-who-rarely-or-never-have-sex-can-know-lifelong-love/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/the-power-of-patriarchy-has-been-to-make-maleness-feared-and-to-make/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [“I feel enormously blessed to be a successful black woman writer in this culture, but I have found my small fame, such as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/i-feel-enormously-blessed-to-be-a-successful-black-woman-writer-in/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [Language is also a place of struggle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/language-is-also-a-place-of-struggle/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [In this culture, the phrase 'black woman' is not synonymous with 'tender,' or 'gentle.' It's as if those words couldn't possibly speak to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/in-this-culture-the-phrase-black-woman-is-not-synonymous-with-tender/) [bell hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [It's interesting to look at all the aspects where everyday Americans, many of whom are not college educated, are thinking deeply now about our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/it-s-interesting-to-look-at-all-the-aspects-where-everyday-americans/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [The true teacher is within us. A good teacher is someone who can help you to go back and touch the true teacher within,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/the-true-teacher-is-within-us-a-good-teacher-is-someone-who-can-help/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [“Advancing the notion that there can be many "feminisms" has served the conservative and liberal political interests of women seeking status and privileged class…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/advancing-the-notion-that-there-can-be-many-feminisms-has-served-the/) [bell hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [I love my family, even as I critique their dysfunctionalities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/i-love-my-family-even-as-i-critique-their-dysfunctionalities/) [bell hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [You must have courage to love, you have to have a profound will to do what is right to love, and it does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/you-must-have-courage-to-love-you-have-to-have-a-profound-will-to-do/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients - care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/to-truly-love-we-must-learn-to-mix-various-ingredients-care-affection/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [“Often emphasis on identity and lifestyle is appealing because it creates a false sense that one is engaged in praxis. However, praxis within any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/often-emphasis-on-identity-and-lifestyle-is-appealing-because-it/) [bell hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalist/bell-hooks/#itemlist", "name": "8 Capitalist Quotes By Bell Hooks", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I see myself, in terms of the question of capitalism, as I would support democratic socialism over a capitalist system, because any approach... or participatory economics, which is another great model that people like Michael Albert are putting out there... any system that encourages us to think about interdependency, and to be able to use the world's resources in a wiser way, for the good of the whole, would be better for the world than capitalism.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bell Hooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/i-see-myself-in-terms-of-the-question-of-capitalism-as-i-would/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a6/bell-hooks-464_able_i-see-myself-in-terms-of-the-question-of_131850.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a6/bell-hooks-464_able_i-see-myself-in-terms-of-the-question-of_131850.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a6/bell-hooks-464_able_i-see-myself-in-terms-of-the-question-of_131850.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I see myself, in terms of the question of capitalism, as I would support democratic socialism over a…” — Bell Hooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Feminist pedagogy can only be liberatory if it is truly revolutionary because the mechanisms of appropriation within white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy are able to co-opt with tremendous ease that which merely appears radical or subversive", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bell Hooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/feminist-pedagogy-can-only-be-liberatory-if-it-is-truly-revolutionary/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/495/bell-hooks-464_able_feminist-pedagogy-can-only-be-liberatory_144971.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/495/bell-hooks-464_able_feminist-pedagogy-can-only-be-liberatory_144971.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/495/bell-hooks-464_able_feminist-pedagogy-can-only-be-liberatory_144971.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Feminist pedagogy can only be liberatory if it is truly revolutionary because the mechanisms of…” — Bell Hooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Often in my lectures when I use the phrase “imperialist white-supremacist capitalist patriarchy” to describe our nation’s political system, audiences laugh. 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