--- title: "6 Contradictions Capitalism Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 6 Contradictions Capitalism quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Contradictions Capitalism sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc1/david-harvey-10654_capitalism_there-is-in-short-no-spatial-fix-that-ca_123495.png" --- > [There is, in short, no 'spatial fix' that can contain the contradictions of capitalism in the long run.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-harvey/there-is-in-short-no-spatial-fix-that-can-contain-the-contradictions/) [David Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc1/david-harvey-10654_capitalism_there-is-in-short-no-spatial-fix-that-ca_123495.png) > [I don't think that the contradictions between capitalism and socialism can be resolved by war. This is no longer the age of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fidel-castro/i-don-t-think-that-the-contradictions-between-capitalism-and/) [Fidel Castro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fidel-castro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/060/fidel-castro-2285_achieve_i-don-t-think-that-the-contradictions-be_740403.jpg) > [The only solution to the contradictions of capitalism entails the abolition of wage labour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-harvey/the-only-solution-to-the-contradictions-of-capitalism-entails-the/) [David Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/890/david-harvey-10654_abolition_the-only-solution-to-the-contradictions_882112.png) > [“The shared meal is no small thing. It is a foundation of family life, the place where our children learn the art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/the-shared-meal-is-no-small-thing-it-is-a-foundation-of-family-life-2/) [Michael Pollan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pollan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/michael-pollan-408_art-of-conversation_the-shared-meal-is-no-small-thing-it-is_887759.jpg) > [A tension has always existed between the capitalist imperative to maximize efficiency at any cost and the moral imperatives of culture, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/a-tension-has-always-existed-between-the-capitalist-imperative-to/) [Michael Pollan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pollan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/michael-pollan-408_animal_a-tension-has-always-existed-between-the_2407148.jpg) > [Everything Brecht wrote—plays, dialogues, and poetry—was his attempt to clarify the inner contradictions not only of the capitalism and fascism of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-foreman/everything-brecht-wrote-plays-dialogues-and-poetry-was-his-attempt-to/) [Richard Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-foreman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/richard-foreman-24578_angst_everything-brecht-wrote-plays-dialogues_2535099.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contradictions-capitalism/#itemlist", "name": "Contradictions Capitalism Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is, in short, no 'spatial fix' that can contain the contradictions of capitalism in the long run.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Harvey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-harvey/there-is-in-short-no-spatial-fix-that-can-contain-the-contradictions/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc1/david-harvey-10654_capitalism_there-is-in-short-no-spatial-fix-that-ca_123495.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc1/david-harvey-10654_capitalism_there-is-in-short-no-spatial-fix-that-ca_123495.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc1/david-harvey-10654_capitalism_there-is-in-short-no-spatial-fix-that-ca_123495.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is, in short, no 'spatial fix' that can contain the contradictions of capitalism in the long run.” — David Harvey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think that the contradictions between capitalism and socialism can be resolved by war. 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It is a foundation of family life, the place where our children learn the art of conversation and acquire the habits of civilization: sharing, listening, taking turns, navigating differences, arguing without offending. What have been called the “cultural contradictions of capitalism”—its tendency to undermine the stabilizing social forms it depends on—are on vivid display today at the modern American dinner table, along with all the brightly colored packages that the food industry has managed to plant there.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Pollan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/the-shared-meal-is-no-small-thing-it-is-a-foundation-of-family-life-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/michael-pollan-408_art-of-conversation_the-shared-meal-is-no-small-thing-it-is_887759.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/michael-pollan-408_art-of-conversation_the-shared-meal-is-no-small-thing-it-is_887759.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/michael-pollan-408_art-of-conversation_the-shared-meal-is-no-small-thing-it-is_887759.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The shared meal is no small thing. 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In a book that makes Brecht’s struggle to reveal these hidden contradictions its central theme, Glahn issues, by implication, a call to arms to today’s artists—who are faced with a world that seems to defy attempts to treat the global crisis with an art that is rarely more than notes on ‘local’ angst.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Foreman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-foreman/everything-brecht-wrote-plays-dialogues-and-poetry-was-his-attempt-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/richard-foreman-24578_angst_everything-brecht-wrote-plays-dialogues_2535099.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/richard-foreman-24578_angst_everything-brecht-wrote-plays-dialogues_2535099.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/richard-foreman-24578_angst_everything-brecht-wrote-plays-dialogues_2535099.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everything Brecht wrote—plays, dialogues, and poetry—was his attempt to clarify the inner contradictions not…” — Richard Foreman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contradictions-capitalism/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contradictions-capitalism/", "name": "Contradictions Capitalism Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contradictions-capitalism/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc1/david-harvey-10654_capitalism_there-is-in-short-no-spatial-fix-that-ca_123495.png" }, "description": "Browse 6 Contradictions Capitalism quotes by 4 authors. 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