--- title: "3 2013 Quotes By Gar Alperovitz" description: "3 2013 quotes by Gar Alperovitz. Plus more from Gar Alperovitz and more 2013 sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/gar-alperovitz-25589_2013_but-if-the-system-is-the-problem-the-tru_46741.jpg" --- > [“But if the system is the problem, the truth is that there will not be satisfactory answers in the here and now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/but-if-the-system-is-the-problem-the-truth-is-that-there-will-not-be/) [Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/gar-alperovitz-25589_2013_but-if-the-system-is-the-problem-the-tru_46741.jpg) > [“… our nation's truly critical problems are built into the very structure of the economic and political system; they are not something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/our-nation-s-truly-critical-problems-are-built-into-the-very/) [Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b2/gar-alperovitz-25589_2013_our-nation-s-truly-critical-problems-are_208048.jpg) > [“First, the very idea that there should be any serious kind of health insurance for Americans (beyond tiny elites) simply did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/first-the-very-idea-that-there-should-be-any-serious-kind-of-health/) [Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/gar-alperovitz-25589_2013_first-the-very-idea-that-there-should-be_3084816.png) ## Other authors on 2013 ## More by Gar Alperovitz > [“But if the system is the problem, the truth is that there will not be satisfactory answers in the here and now for lots…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/but-if-the-system-is-the-problem-the-truth-is-that-there-will-not-be/) [Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/) > [“… our nation's truly critical problems are built into the very structure of the economic and political system; they are not something passing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/our-nation-s-truly-critical-problems-are-built-into-the-very/) [Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/) > [We've been following many forms of democratized ownership, starting with co-ops, land banks at the neighborhood level, municipal ownership and state ownership of banks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/we-ve-been-following-many-forms-of-democratized-ownership-starting/) [Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/) > [As we move toward the pluralist commonwealth, economic interventions that stabilize communities - for instance by localizing the flows of goods and services or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/as-we-move-toward-the-pluralist-commonwealth-economic-interventions/) [Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/) > [Worker-owned co-ops, on their own, floating in the market, tend to replicate the behavior of worker-owned capitalists in some circumstances. They sometimes develop positive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/worker-owned-co-ops-on-their-own-floating-in-the-market-tend-to/) [Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/) > [Finding ways to organize work in which people are not locked into unequal power relationships is very important. Having said that, it's not easily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/finding-ways-to-organize-work-in-which-people-are-not-locked-into/) [Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/) > [For 40 years, my argument has been that democratizing ownership of wealth has been the key to egalitarian society and the goals of egalitarian…](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/) > [In America, we need to go forward in nationalizing several large corporations: I think that's possible; we nationalized General Motors; we nationalized several of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/in-america-we-need-to-go-forward-in-nationalizing-several-large/) [Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/) > [Parecon is a very tough-minded economic vision and model, and it sets a standard for us to look at.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/parecon-is-a-very-tough-minded-economic-vision-and-model-and-it-sets/) [Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/) > [We need to learn to listen to what the people need and want and not try to impose on them a whole schema that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/we-need-to-learn-to-listen-to-what-the-people-need-and-want-and-not/) [Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/) > [There are areas using what's called the "checkerboard strategy." They are different cities where you can move around the "checkerboard," doing things you can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/there-are-areas-using-what-s-called-the-checkerboard-strategy-they/) [Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/) > [Internationally, there are countries going well beyond the course, with airlines, transportation. There are systems around the world that have explored mining, rail transport,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/internationally-there-are-countries-going-well-beyond-the-course-with/) [Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/) > [There has been a change in consciousness that makes this one of the most interesting periods of American history, maybe the most interesting. There's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/there-has-been-a-change-in-consciousness-that-makes-this-one-of-the/) [Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/) > [The top 400 people own more wealth now than the bottom 185 million Americans taken together. That is a medieval structure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/the-top-400-people-own-more-wealth-now-than-the-bottom-185-million/) [Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/) > [I am interested in the political economy of institutional power relationships in transition. The question is one of "reconstructive" communities as a cultural, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/i-am-interested-in-the-political-economy-of-institutional-power/) [Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-2013/gar-alperovitz/#itemlist", "name": "3 2013 Quotes By Gar Alperovitz", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But if the system is the problem, the truth is that there will not be satisfactory answers in the here and now for lots of people. That is one of the (painful) ways you know that the problem is systemic. Which means that either you build forward no matter what, or you lose. 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