“Socialism is nothing more nor less than the social, political and ideological system which breaks the fetters upon economic growth created under capitalism and opens the way to a new period of economic and social expansion on a much larger scale.” WayPoliticalSocialGrowthBreakEconomicPeriodsCapitalismScalesSocialismExpansionEconomic GrowthIdeologicalFetters Author:Earl Browder
“If I were a supervillain, I would end capitalism, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia... but I guess that's a little too obvious and not villain-y enough. Because that's actually being a superhero. I would break down poverty with my machete; I would end world hunger.” IfsWorldLittlesEndsEnoughPovertyBreakRacismCapitalismHungerObviousSexismVillainBreaking DownSuperheroHomophobiaWorld HungerSupervillainsMachetes Author:Kathleen Hanna
“The situation is that in Germany capitalism has remained, classes and class struggle have remained which all the same will break into the open, which includes also the field of struggle of parties representing opposing classes just as it broke through in, let us say, Spain.” PartySituationClassBreakStruggleFieldsCapitalismBrokeGermanySpainOpposingRepresentingClass Struggle Author:Joseph Stalin
“If you're going to point out the ridiculousness of a rule, it's naïve to think that you can break it. It's the same way that rappers have embraced capitalism. Some people say they liked it better when rap was a literal protest form in the '90s. But I think it's more a form of protest today, because it's telling the story of what happens once something forbidden is within reach. I think rap is more political today when it speaks about luxury watches than it does about fighting the power.” PeopleThinkingTodayPoliticalFightingSpeakBreakCapitalismRapProtestRapperForbidden Author:Chilly Gonzales
“The break from the supposedly culturally-narrow religious bases of knowledge in favor of supposedly trans-cultural scientific bases of knowledge served as the self-justification of a particularly pernicious form of cultural imperialism.” SelfFormReligiousBreakCapitalismBasesFavorsJustificationImperialismTransPerniciousSelf Justification Author:Immanuel Wallerstein
“Because it is such a huge crisis, because it puts us on a firm science-based deadline, it's a once-in-a-century opportunity to build a better society and address raging inequality, create huge numbers of jobs, rebuild our public infrastructure. But, we can't do it unless we break every single rule in the free-market playbook. Which is why the worst people in the world all deny climate change.” PeopleWorldJobsOpportunityNumbersBreakWorstCenturyHugeCapitalismCrisisClimateClimate ChangeDenyRageInequalityFirmAddressesFree MarketInfrastructureDeadlineHuge NumbersPlaybooks Author:Naomi Klein
“What breaks capitalism, all that will ever break capitalism, is capitalists. The faster they run the more strain on their heart.” HeartRunningBreakCapitalismFasterCapitalistStrain Book:Loyalties Source: Loyalties
“Everyone who lives in an industrialized society is obliged gradually to give up the past, but in certain countries, such as the United States and Japan, the break with the past has been particularly traumatic.” GivingHas BeensCountryStatesPastCertainUnitedBreakUnited StatesGiving UpCapitalismJapanObliged Book:On photography Source: On photography