Quote by Mario Liverani

“Ideology is essentially a matter of meaning; but the condition of advanced capitalism, some would suggest, is one of pervasive non-meaning. The sway of…

— Terry Eagleton

“The traditional, correct pre-Marxist view on exploitation was that of radical laissez-faire liberalism as espoused by, for instance, Charles Comte and Charles Dunoyer. According…

— Hans-Hermann Hoppe

“for a society built on exploitation, there is no greater threat than having no one left to oppress.”

— N.K. Jemisin

“But for a society buit on exploitation, there is no greater threat than having no one left to oppress.”

— N.K. Jemisin

“This is what an ideology is – the application of a set of rules, principles, and perspectives to the issues of the day. The…

— Hans Noel

Ideology is a specious way of relating to the world. It offers human beings the illusion of an identity, of dignity, and of morality…

— Vaclav Havel

“To exploit is to take undue advantage of someone else’s need, whether that be unfair wages paid or unfair prices charged. I have just…

— Robert Peate

“ideology signifies a phenomenon intermediate between a simple lie at one pole, and an error, which is the result of a distorted and faulty…

— Karl Mannheim

“And ideology is a shared belief system, usually involving a vision of utopia, that justifies unlimited violence in pursuit of unlimited good.”

— Steven Pinker

“As it is, the profusion of commodities is a genuine and powerful compensation for oppression.”

— Ellen Willis

“The misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited all.”

— Joan Robinson

“Ideology is the enemy of joyful community life, and the most destructive ideology is the belief that creating utopia is possible.”

— Rod Dreher