"Capital requires protection, as do the institutions through……" — Michael Parenti
"Capital requires protection, as do the institutions through which it operates. As capital expands its operations, the state that is associated with its protection must develop its capacity for autocratic control. Thus, the "Free World" increasingly resembles a dreary string of heartless police states."
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Michael Parenti
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48 Quotes by Michael Parenti
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The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is…
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The worst forms of tyranny, or certainly the most successful ones, are not those we rail against but those that…
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The problem with capitalism is that it best rewards the worst part of us: the ruthless, competitive, conniving, opportunistic, acquisitive…
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The conservative goal has been the Third Worldization of the United States: an increasingly underemployed, lower-wage work-force; a small but…
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No system in history capitalism has been more relentless in battering down ancient and fragile cultures, devouring the resources of…
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The first law of the market is to make the largest possible profit from other people's labor or go out…
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Generosity toward the lower classes historically has never been an important part of upper-class awareness.
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In societies that worship money and success, the losers become objects of scorn. Those who work the hardest for the…
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Only by establishing military supremacy were the European and North American colonizers able to eliminate the crafts and industries of…
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A huge national security state has developed in the United States since World War II. Its function is to buttress…
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A nation as such does not give aid to another nation. More precisely, the common citizens of our country, through…
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