Bent Quote by Aung San Suu Kyi

Democracy is always harmful to elite interests. Almost by definition.

— Noam Chomsky

Democracy is not compatible with financial oligarchy.

— Che Guevara

You can’t have meaningful political democracy without functioning economic democracy.

— Noam Chomsky

Philanthropic leaders genially speak of complementing government, not competing with it as if monopoly were good and competition destructive-thus unwittingly conspiring against the public…

— Richard Cornuelle

Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has accepted this has been during crises, such as in…

— Susan George

Market forces and capitalism by themselves aren't sufficient to ensure the common good and to limit the concentration of wealth at levels that are…

— Thomas Piketty

If democracy as we know it has to survive the elites have to regain their credibility. And they have to start by admitting that…

— Abhijit Banerjee

Democracy is not compatible with financial oligarchy, with discrimination against Blacks and outrages by the Ku Klux Klan.

— Che Guevara

History has shown us many times that if the state repressively forces the redistribution of wealth and social justice, it becomes dangerous both for…

— Rohini Nilekani

We in the West have arranged our institutions to prevent the concentration of political power. … But we have failed utterly to prevent the…

— Matthew Crawford

Plainly elites in America don't want democracy. And why should they? Democracy is always harmful to elite interests. Almost by definition.

— Noam Chomsky

We don't have to accept an economy that doesn't work just because some people have got rich in the status quo. That is not…

— Winnie Byanyima