“Monopolies, oligarchy, the striving for domination and not for freedom, the exploitation of an increasing number of small or weak nations by a handful of the richest or most powerful nations -- all these have given birth to those distinctive characteristics of imperialism which compel us to define it as parasitic or decaying capitalism.” GivenNationsPowerfulNumbersBirthCapitalismWeakStriveCharacteristicsMost PowerfulExploitationImperialismDominationMonopolyHandfulDistinctiveOligarchy Author:Vladimir Lenin
“The successful sale of British Telecom... reveals a vast and untapped yearning among ordinary people for a direct stake in the ownership of British enterprise. Investment in shares has begun to take its place, with ownership of a home and either a bank or building society deposit, as a way for ordinary people to participate in enterprise and wealth creation. We are seeing the birth of people's capitalism.” PeopleWayHomeWealthSuccessfulSeeingShareCreationBuildingBirthOrdinaryCapitalismDirectInvestmentBritishEnterpriseStakesYearningOwnershipOrdinary PeopleWealth CreationDepositsTelecom Author:Nigel Lawson
“Capitalism offers nothing but frustrations and rebuffs to those who wish - because of claimed superiority of intelligence, birth, credentials, or ideals - to get without giving, to take without risking, to profit without sacrifice, to be exalted without humbling themselves to understand others and meet their needs.” NeedsGivingWishSacrificeBirthOffersCapitalismIdealsProfitFrustrationSuperiorityExaltedHumblingCredentialsWithout SacrificeRebuff Book:The Spirit of Enterprise Source: The Spirit of Enterprise
“We are conditioned to be consumers since birth. I still think it's kind of incumbent on us as consumers to know the difference between something that's truly progressive and something that's just trying to get us to buy a product. Capitalism, ultimately, it's not about equality, it's not about social justice.” ThinkingTryingKindJusticeBirthCapitalismSocial JusticeProgressive Author:Andi Zeisler
“What appeals to me in The Deuce is some of the same things that made me interested in The Wire, which is there seems to be a theme here around markets and capitalism and labour. This is a moment, 1971, of something that was under the counter: then brown paper bags suddenly became legal, pornography. And it was really the birth of an industry which is now a multi-billion dollar American standard. And these people were the pioneers at a moment where there really were no rules, then suddenly there was a legal industry that was allowed to exist.” PeopleMomentsBirthCapitalismLabourPornographyWire Author:David Simon
“Birth control appeals to the advanced radical because it is calculated to undermine the authority of the Christian churches. I look forward to seeing humanity free someday of the tryanny of Christianity no less than Capitalism.” LooksChristianHumanityChurchMoneyChristianityDemocracySeeingBirthAuthorityCapitalismSocialismRadicalAppealsSomedayBirth ControlChristian Church Author:Margaret Sanger
“Fashion is the most intense expression of the phenomenon of neomania, which has grown ever since the birth of capitalism. Neomania assumes that purchasing the new is the same as acquiring value... If the purchase of a new garment coincides with the wearing out of an old one, then obviously there is no fashion. If a garment is worn beyond the moment of its natural replacement, there is pauperization. Fashion flourishes on surplus, when someone buys more than he or she needs.” IfsNeedsMomentsValuesNaturalFashionExpressionBirthCapitalismAssumingIntensePhenomenonWornGarmentsSurplusReplacementsPurchasingOld Fashion Author:Stephen Bayley