“It's mainly a few elite women who benefit greatly from standing with the forces that keep women down.” ForceBenefitsStandingElites Author:Catharine MacKinnon
“The harsh reality is that America moves on four wheels, powered by conventional internal-combustion engines. At this point, while the elite media (excluding Newsweek) trumpet the benefits of hybrids and Ford and Toyota plan to lead the nation into a low-powered, high-mileage hybrid Utopia, the multitudes remain loyal to the gas-guzzling family bus in the driveway.” RealityAmericaMovingNationsFourPlansMediaBenefitsLowsWheelsGasInternalsBusEnginesElitesLoyalConventionalMultitudesHarshUtopiaTrumpetsHybridCombustionDrivewayToyotaHarsh RealityMileage Author:Brock Yates
“Economic globalization creates wealth, but only for the elite who benefit from the surge of consolidations, mergers, global scale technology, and financial activity.” WealthTechnologyEconomicActivityBenefitsFinancialScalesElitesGlobalizationMergersConsolidationEconomic Globalization Book:Take it personally: how to make conscious choices to change the world Source: Take it personally: how to make conscious choices to change the world
“As even a democracy like the United States has shown, waging war can benefit a leader in several ways: it can rally citizens around the flag, it can distract them from bleak economic times, and it can enrich a country's elites.” WayWarCountryStatesUnitedLeaderUnited StatesDemocracyEconomicCitizensBenefitsFlagsElitesBleakWaging War Author:Samantha Power
“We have not done the things that are necessary to lower emissions because those things fundamentally conflict with deregulated capitalism. ... We are stuck because the actions that would give us the best chance of averting catastrophe - and would benefit the vast majority - are extremely threatening to an elite minority that has a stranglehold over our economy, our political process, and most of our major media outlets.” GivingDoneActionPoliticalProcessChanceEconomyMediaConflictBenefitsMajorsCapitalismMajorityClimate ChangeStuckMinoritiesElitesCatastropheThreateningOutletsEmissions Author:Naomi Klein
“As industries migrate toward the Far East, the future of many Western cities will no longer lie in manufacturing products but ideas and patents. Young, mobile elites can choose where they want to live, and they can easily move, which means that cities are involved in a heated competition for the best people. Only the most attractive cities can benefit from this development.” PeopleWantMeanIdeasMovingYoungLyingCitiesProductsDevelopmentIndustryInvolvedBenefitsCompetitionWesternEastAttractiveElitesMobileManufacturingPatentsMigrate Author:Charles Landry
“The Alexander Technique will benefit anyone whether they are an elite athlete or whether they just wish to live life without the aches and pains that many people suffer and accept as part of life. It is a pity that these techniques are not shown to us all at an early age for I have no doubt that this would alleviate many of the causes of ill health in our communities.” PeopleAgePainSufferingWishCausesCommunityAcceptingDoubtBenefitsAthleteIllTechniquePityLive LifeNo DoubtElitesAcheOur CommunityParts Of LifeAlleviateIll HealthAches And PainsElite Athletes Author:Greg Chappell
“In Burma, economic engagement enriches the regime, as the economy is controlled by the regime. Economic engagement benefits this elite, not ordinary people. The money is spent on the military, stolen by the elite.” PeopleEconomyEconomicMilitaryBenefitsOrdinaryControlledEngagementRegimesElitesStolenOrdinary PeopleBurma Author:Zoya Phan
“America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up.” AmericaFormPoliticalDemocracyCuttingPolicyTaxesBenefitsFlowRewardsCorporateRegimesElitesTax CutsOne Direction Author:Bill Moyers
“What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled?” SeemsBlackBenefitsEmpowermentMajorityElitesRecycled Author:Desmond Tutu