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Capitalism Quotes by Noam Chomsky
- Under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic control.
- Half the population hold that the government is run by a few big interests looking out for themselves, as polls regularly show.
- Predatory capitalism created a complex industrial system and an advanced technology; it permitted a considerable extension of democratic practice and fostered certain liberal values, but…
- A basic principal of modern state capitalism is that costs and risks are socialized to the extent possible, while profit is privatized.
- In the moral calculus of currently prevailing state capitalism, profits and bonuses in the next quarter greatly outweigh concern for the welfare of one’s grandchildren,…
- Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are, in principle, under autocratic control. Thus, a corporation or an industry is, if…
- Capitalism’s concept of competitive man who seeks only to maximize wealth and power, who subjects himself to market relationships, to exploitation and external authority, is…
- Borders are semiporous. Capital flows more freely than people across them. on C Span.
- Anarcho-capitalism, in my opinion, is a doctrinal system which, if ever implemented, would lead to forms of tyranny and oppression that have few counterparts in…
- What is called 'capitalism'is basically a system of corporate mercantilism, with huge and largely unaccountable private tyrannies exercising vast control over the economy, political systems,…
- With the development of industrial capitalism, a new and unanticipated system of injustice, it is libertarian socialism that has preserved and extended the radical humanist…
More Capitalism Quotes
- WikiLeaks is designed to make capitalism more free and ethical. — Julian Assange
- Liberal capitalism is not at all the Good of humanity. Quite the contrary; it is the vehicle of savage, destructive nihilism. — Alain Badiou
- Well, capitalism is going to grow and grow. The nature of it is that the guy who has the most poker chips… — Simon Baker
- Behind every great fortune lies a great crime. — Honore de Balzac
- You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is… — Bernard Baruch
- Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism could not survive - and at the… — John Berger
- Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell. — Frank Borman
- I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just the regenerative capacity of - of American… — Warren Buffett
- I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism. — Jeb Bush
- Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden. — Orson Scott Card
- Liberal capitalism is not perfect, but compared to the other 'isms,' it's far superior. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition. — Fidel Castro