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> [We need to hold in our hearts the possibility of a better world, not because we have candy-coated the problems or lied about what we can accomplish, but because we know that we do often win and make a difference,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kauffman/we-need-to-hold-in-our-hearts-the-possibility-of-a-better-world-not/)

[Cynthia Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kauffman/)

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## More by Cynthia Kauffman

> [The way we get past capitalism is by building on the healthy non-capitalist aspects of our world while we also do pitched battle with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kauffman/the-way-we-get-past-capitalism-is-by-building-on-the-healthy-non/)

[Cynthia Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kauffman/)

> [I think there is a legitimate critique of reformism, as a politics that is content with making small changes in society without asking for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kauffman/i-think-there-is-a-legitimate-critique-of-reformism-as-a-politics/)

[Cynthia Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kauffman/)

> [States can be more or less democratic, and so can socialism. I think any ideal society that exists on a large scale, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kauffman/states-can-be-more-or-less-democratic-and-so-can-socialism-i-think/)

[Cynthia Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kauffman/)

> [I tend to not use the word "socialist," because even though more young adults in the United States in a poll say they support…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kauffman/i-tend-to-not-use-the-word-socialist-because-even-though-more-young/)

[Cynthia Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kauffman/)

> [We need to hold in our hearts the possibility of a better world, not because we have candy-coated the problems or lied about what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kauffman/we-need-to-hold-in-our-hearts-the-possibility-of-a-better-world-not/)

[Cynthia Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kauffman/)

> [Anarchism as the name for an ideal total social form is a really complicated question. I have never found satisfying answers from anarchists about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kauffman/anarchism-as-the-name-for-an-ideal-total-social-form-is-a-really/)

[Cynthia Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kauffman/)

> [We see ourselves as inhabiting a complex social world that has some capitalist things going on in it as well as some socialist ones,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kauffman/we-see-ourselves-as-inhabiting-a-complex-social-world-that-has-some/)

[Cynthia Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kauffman/)

> [Things like water and sewage systems require states in a large-scale society, but states are also a good mechanism for dealing with health care,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kauffman/things-like-water-and-sewage-systems-require-states-in-a-large-scale/)

[Cynthia Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kauffman/)

> [The terms socialist and communist are mostly about describing the world we want after capitalism, and I think they are both important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kauffman/the-terms-socialist-and-communist-are-mostly-about-describing-the/)

[Cynthia Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kauffman/)

> [In Marxism there are some very unhelpful ideas about the need to push for a revolution that will overturn all of society. Marx gets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kauffman/in-marxism-there-are-some-very-unhelpful-ideas-about-the-need-to-push/)

[Cynthia Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kauffman/)

> [Yes it is true that pro-capitalist forces have a lot of power. But so did slave-holding racists. We give ourselves hope when we conceptualize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kauffman/yes-it-is-true-that-pro-capitalist-forces-have-a-lot-of-power-but-so/)

[Cynthia Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kauffman/)

> [I often refer to myself as a radical, reminding people that the word radical comes from the Latin word radix, meaning root. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kauffman/i-often-refer-to-myself-as-a-radical-reminding-people-that-the-word/)

[Cynthia Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kauffman/)

> [One of the problems with traditional anti-capitalist thought is that it defines capitalism as a totality, which encourages us to imagine another totality, socialism,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kauffman/one-of-the-problems-with-traditional-anti-capitalist-thought-is-that/)

[Cynthia Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kauffman/)

> [There is a cultural norm on the left of being afraid to declare victory, which is related to the binary of reform/revolution. Whereas reformists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kauffman/there-is-a-cultural-norm-on-the-left-of-being-afraid-to-declare/)

[Cynthia Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-kauffman/)

> [Communism then defines a society in which there are communal forms for dealing with resources. Many communal forms exist where there are not communist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-kauffman/communism-then-defines-a-society-in-which-there-are-communal-forms/)

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