#capital

It is no longer an unwritten law of American capitalism that industry will attempt to maintain wages at a level that allows a single wage to support a family. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

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You know, in a business, you have to operate on the basis of voluntary investment by individuals in a cause. With government, there is no voluntary effort to invest capital. It's just taken and invested. And the same accountability is not at play. The same natural forces in the economy are not at play. ↗

— Mike Lee

#basis #business #capital #cause #economy

Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#capable #capitalists #himself #his #lifting

Fascism is capitalism in decay. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#decay #fascism

If it were necessary to give the briefest possible definition of imperialism, we should have to say that imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#definition #give #imperialism #monopoly #necessary

Our purpose, as we face these challenges, remains clear - fair and orderly markets that allow for efficient capital formation, while protecting the interests of investors. ↗

— Arthur Levitt

#capital #challenges #clear #efficient #face

In the democratic western countries so-called capitalism leads a saturnalia of "freedom," like a bastard brother of reform. ↗

— Wyndham Lewis

#capitalism #countries #democratic #freedom #leads

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#consideration #could #deserves #existed #first

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#capitalists #concert #generally #harmoniously #people

Six decades ago, as Mao's Communists seized power, the question in Washington was, 'Who lost China?' Now, as his capitalist descendants stand astride the world stage and Washington worries about decline, it seems to be, 'Who lost America?' ↗

— Eric Liu

#ago #america #astride #capitalist #china