--- title: "9 Egalitarian Society Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Egalitarian Society quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Egalitarian Society sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c7/francis-fukuyama-11763_capitalism_for-capitalism-flourishes-best-in-a-mobi_132365.jpg" --- > [For capitalism flourishes best in a mobile and egalitarian society](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-fukuyama/for-capitalism-flourishes-best-in-a-mobile-and-egalitarian-society/) [Francis Fukuyama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-fukuyama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c7/francis-fukuyama-11763_capitalism_for-capitalism-flourishes-best-in-a-mobi_132365.jpg) > [“For progressive universalizers, the vision is an egalitarian society leveling the playing field and delivering good jobs and fair rewards across class,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-derber/for-progressive-universalizers-the-vision-is-an-egalitarian-society/) [Charles Derber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-derber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e39/charles-derber-43051_dreams_for-progressive-universalizers-the-visio_932650.jpg) > [The environmentalist's dream is an egalitarian society based on: rejection of economic growth, a smaller population, eating lower on the food chain,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-wildavsky/the-environmentalist-s-dream-is-an-egalitarian-society-based-on/) [Aaron Wildavsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-wildavsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44d/aaron-wildavsky-102623_chains_the-environmentalist-s-dream-is-an-egali_2584758.jpg) > [For 40 years, my argument has been that democratizing ownership of wealth has been the key to egalitarian society and the goals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/for-40-years-my-argument-has-been-that-democratizing-ownership-of/) [Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d90/gar-alperovitz-25589_argument_for-40-years-my-argument-has-been-that-d_630089.png) > [Adam Smith is an egalitarian, he believed in equality of outcome, not opportunity. He is an enlightenment figure, pre-capitalist. He says, suppose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/adam-smith-is-an-egalitarian-he-believed-in-equality-of-outcome-not/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/noam-chomsky-42_adam_adam-smith-is-an-egalitarian-he-believed_1051815.jpg) > [We need to organize ourselves and protest against existing order - against war, against economic and sexual exploitation, against racism, etc. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/we-need-to-organize-ourselves-and-protest-against-existing-order/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cb/howard-zinn-576_against-racism_we-need-to-organize-ourselves-and-protes_2387069.jpg) > [“The Leftist worldview sees society’s and the world’s great battle as between rich and poor rather than between good and evil. Equality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-prager/the-leftist-worldview-sees-society-s-and-the-world-s-great-battle-as/) [Dennis Prager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-prager/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/dennis-prager-631_character_the-leftist-worldview-sees-society-s-and_2003783.jpg) > [Pornography is not egalitarian and gender-free. It is predicated upon the inequality of women and is the propaganda that makes that inequality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-jeffreys/pornography-is-not-egalitarian-and-gender-free-it-is-predicated-upon/) [Sheila Jeffreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-jeffreys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fff/sheila-jeffreys-20069_buzz_pornography-is-not-egalitarian-and-gende_1135103.png) > [“The graduated tax is a confiscatory tax. Its effect, and to a large extent its aim, is to bring down all men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-m-goldwater/the-graduated-tax-is-a-confiscatory-tax-its-effect-and-to-a-large/) [Barry M. Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-m-goldwater/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/barry-m-goldwater-33600_nature_the-graduated-tax-is-a-confiscatory-tax_220020.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/egalitarian-society/#itemlist", "name": "Egalitarian Society Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For capitalism flourishes best in a mobile and egalitarian society", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Francis Fukuyama" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-fukuyama/for-capitalism-flourishes-best-in-a-mobile-and-egalitarian-society/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c7/francis-fukuyama-11763_capitalism_for-capitalism-flourishes-best-in-a-mobi_132365.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c7/francis-fukuyama-11763_capitalism_for-capitalism-flourishes-best-in-a-mobi_132365.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c7/francis-fukuyama-11763_capitalism_for-capitalism-flourishes-best-in-a-mobi_132365.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For capitalism flourishes best in a mobile and egalitarian society” — Francis Fukuyama", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“For progressive universalizers, the vision is an egalitarian society leveling the playing field and delivering good jobs and fair rewards across class, race, and gender.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Derber" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-derber/for-progressive-universalizers-the-vision-is-an-egalitarian-society/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e39/charles-derber-43051_dreams_for-progressive-universalizers-the-visio_932650.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e39/charles-derber-43051_dreams_for-progressive-universalizers-the-visio_932650.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e39/charles-derber-43051_dreams_for-progressive-universalizers-the-visio_932650.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For progressive universalizers, the vision is an egalitarian society leveling the playing field and…” — Charles Derber", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The environmentalist's dream is an egalitarian society based on: rejection of economic growth, a smaller population, eating lower on the food chain, consuming a lot less, and sharing a much lower level of resources much more equally.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aaron Wildavsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-wildavsky/the-environmentalist-s-dream-is-an-egalitarian-society-based-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44d/aaron-wildavsky-102623_chains_the-environmentalist-s-dream-is-an-egali_2584758.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44d/aaron-wildavsky-102623_chains_the-environmentalist-s-dream-is-an-egali_2584758.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44d/aaron-wildavsky-102623_chains_the-environmentalist-s-dream-is-an-egali_2584758.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The environmentalist's dream is an egalitarian society based on: rejection of economic growth, a smaller…” — Aaron Wildavsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For 40 years, my argument has been that democratizing ownership of wealth has been the key to egalitarian society and the goals of egalitarian society. 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That would mean to organize ourselves without centralize authority, without charismatic leader, in a way that represents in miniature the ideal of the future egalitarian society.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Howard Zinn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/we-need-to-organize-ourselves-and-protest-against-existing-order/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cb/howard-zinn-576_against-racism_we-need-to-organize-ourselves-and-protes_2387069.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cb/howard-zinn-576_against-racism_we-need-to-organize-ourselves-and-protes_2387069.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cb/howard-zinn-576_against-racism_we-need-to-organize-ourselves-and-protes_2387069.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We need to organize ourselves and protest against existing order - against war, against economic and sexual…” — Howard Zinn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The Leftist worldview sees society’s and the world’s great battle as between rich and poor rather than between good and evil. 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This is what produces the morally confused liberal elites who venerated a Cuban tyranny with its egalitarian society over a free, decent, and prosperous America that has greater inequality.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dennis Prager" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-prager/the-leftist-worldview-sees-society-s-and-the-world-s-great-battle-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/dennis-prager-631_character_the-leftist-worldview-sees-society-s-and_2003783.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/dennis-prager-631_character_the-leftist-worldview-sees-society-s-and_2003783.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/dennis-prager-631_character_the-leftist-worldview-sees-society-s-and_2003783.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Leftist worldview sees society’s and the world’s great battle as between rich and poor rather than…” — Dennis Prager", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Pornography is not egalitarian and gender-free. It is predicated upon the inequality of women and is the propaganda that makes that inequality sexy. For women to find passive, objectified men sexy in large enough numbers to make a pornography industry based upon such images viable, would require the reconstruction of women's sexuality into a ruling-class sexuality. In an egalitarian society objectification would not exist and therefore the particular buzz provided by pornography, the excitement of eroticised dominance for the ruling class, would be unimaginable.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sheila Jeffreys" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-jeffreys/pornography-is-not-egalitarian-and-gender-free-it-is-predicated-upon/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fff/sheila-jeffreys-20069_buzz_pornography-is-not-egalitarian-and-gende_1135103.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fff/sheila-jeffreys-20069_buzz_pornography-is-not-egalitarian-and-gende_1135103.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fff/sheila-jeffreys-20069_buzz_pornography-is-not-egalitarian-and-gende_1135103.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Pornography is not egalitarian and gender-free. 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