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“It is historically the case that virtually every new zone incorporated into the world-economy established levels of real remuneration which were at the bottom of the world-system's hierarchy of wage-levels.”

Quote by Immanuel Wallerstein

Book:Capistalist Civilisation

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Capistalist Civilisation

This book delves into the intricacies of a civilization driven by capitalist principles, examining its economic structures, social dynamics, and the impact of capitalism on various aspects of life within this civilization. more

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Immanuel Wallerstein

Immanuel Wallerstein is a renowned American sociologist known for his contributions to world-systems theory. His research focuses on globalization and international relations, profoundly influencing the understanding of the modern world order. more

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“What could me more plausible than a line of reasoning which argues that the explanation of the origin of a system was to achieve an end that has in fact been achieved?”

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“Historical capitalism is a materialist civilization.”

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“The concept that one ought to restrict one's political involvement to one's own state was deeply antithetical to those who were pursuing the accumulation of capital for its own sake.”

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“As a matter of law the states recognized no constraints on their legislative scope other than those that were self-imposed. Even where particular state constitutions paid ideological lip service to constraints deriving from religious or natural law doctrines, they reserved to some constitutionally-defined body or person the right to interpret these doctrines.”

Persons Self Matter States Body Law Natural Religious Particular Capitalism Constitution Paid Lips Doctrine Defined Scope Constraints Ideological Reserved Natural Law Lip Service

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“Governments first of all have been able to amass, through the taxation process, large sums of capital which they have redistributed to persons or groups, already large holders of capital, through official subsidies.”

Firsts Persons Has Beens Government Able Process Groups Capitalism Officials Taxation Subsidies

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“Finally, states have monopolized, or sought to monopolize, armed force.”

States Force Capitalism Armed Forces

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“I am suggesting that there is, and always has been, a rather high correlation between ethnicity and occupation/economic role throughout the various time-space zones of historical capitalism.”

Has Beens Space Roles Economic Capitalism Historical Various Zone Occupation Suggesting Ethnicity Correlation

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“It is this third consequence that has been elaborated in greatest detail and has formed one of the most significant pillars of historical capitalism, institutional racism.”

Has Beens Racism Capitalism Consequence Thirds Historical Details Significant Pillars Institutional Racism

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“The primary ideology that operated to create, socialize, and reproduce them was not the ideology of racism. It was that of universalism.”

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“Truth as a cultural ideal has functioned as an opiate, perhaps the only serious opiate of the modern world. Karl Marx said that religion was the opiate of the masses. Raymond Aron retorted that Marxist ideas were in turn the opiate of the intellectuals. There is perspicacity in both these polemical thrusts. But is perspicacity truth? I wish to suggest that perhaps truth has been the real opiate, of both the masses and the intellectuals.”

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