#capitalism

In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#communism #country #democracy #over #soviet

Conservatives have no understanding of modern capitalism. They have a distorted understanding of the traditional values they claim to defend. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#claim #conservatives #defend #distorted #modern

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

#american #attempt #capitalism #family #industry

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

So what is so strange about saying I want Barack Obama to fail if his mission is to reconstruct and reform this nation so that capitalism and individual liberty are not its foundation? I want the country to survive. I want the country to succeed. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#barack #barack obama #capitalism #country #fail

At the highest stage of capitalism, the most necessary revolution appears as the most unlikely one. ↗

— Herbert Marcuse

#capitalism #highest #most #necessary #revolution

We modern Marxists regard socialism as a historically brief transitional stage between feudalism and capitalism, necessary only in backward countries. ↗

— John McCarthy

#between #brief #capitalism #countries #feudalism

If I were a capitalist I would not give my employees health insurance with no deductible, which I do, including dental, and paid pregnancy leave. That's not called capitalism, that's called being a Christian and someone who believes in democracy, so that everyone should get a fair slice of the pie. ↗

— Michael Moore

#believes #called #capitalism #capitalist #christian

Capitalism would have never let me be a filmmaker, living in Flint, Michigan with a high school education. I was going to have to make that happen myself. ↗

— Michael Moore

#education #filmmaker #flint #going #happen

What breaks capitalism, all that will ever break capitalism, is capitalists. The faster they run the more strain on their heart. ↗

— Raymond Williams

#breaks #capitalism #capitalists #ever #faster