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“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.”

Given Nations Powerful Numbers Birth Capitalism Weak Strive Characteristics Most Powerful Exploitation Imperialism Domination Monopoly Handful Distinctive Oligarchy

Author:Vladimir Lenin

“Creativity is the foundation of wealth. All progress comes from the creative minority. Under capitalism, wealth is less a stock of goods than a flow of ideas, the defining characteristic of which is surprise. If it were not surprising, we could plan it, and socialism would work.”

Ifs Ideas Wealth Creativity Creative Progress Plans Capitalism Flow Foundation Surprise Socialism Characteristics Minorities Goods Surprising Defining

Author:George Gilder

“The characteristic feature of modern capitalism is mass production of goods destined for consumption by the masses. The result is a tendency towards a continuous improvement in the average standard of living, a progressing enrichment of the many.”

“The characteristic mark of economic history under capitalism is unceasing economic progress, a steady increase in the quantity of capital goods available, and a continuous trend toward an improvement in the general standard of living.”

Progress Economic Standards Capitalism Increase Mark Available Improvement Characteristics Goods Trends Steady Quantity Standards Of Living Economic Progress Economic History

Author:Ludwig von Mises

“The characteristic feature of capitalism that distinguishes it from pre-capitalist methods of production was its new principle of marketing. Capitalism is not simply mass production, but mass production to satisfy the needs of the masses.”

Needs Principles Mass Capitalism Method Marketing Productions Features Characteristics Capitalist Mass Production

Author:Ludwig von Mises

“Racism is very characteristic of imperialism and capitalism. Hate against me has a lot to do with racism. Because of my big mouth and curly hair. And I'm so proud to have this mouth and this hair, because it is African.”

Bigs Hate Hair Proud Racism Mouths Capitalism Characteristics Imperialism Curly Hair

Author:Hugo Chavez

“Anarchism does not mean bloodshed; it does not mean robbery, arson, etc. These monstrosities are, on the contrary, the characteristic features of capitalism. Anarchism means peace and tranquility to all.”

Mean Doe Capitalism Contrary Features Characteristics Etc Anarchy Tranquility Anarchism Bloodshed Robbery Monstrosity Peace And Tranquility Arson

Author:August Spies

“The ever-mounting glut of waste materials is characteristic by-product of modern consumer society. It might even be argued that capitalism's continual need to find of generate markets means that disposibility and waste have become the spine of the system. To consume means, literally, to destroy or expend, and in the garbage crisis we confront the underlying truth of a society in which enormous productive capacities and market forces have harnessed human needs and desires, without regard to the long or even short-term future of life on the planet.”

Source: All Consuming Images: The Politics of Style in Contemporary Culture

“It is indeed paradoxical that, while the apologists of capitalism usually consider the 'price mechanism' to be the great advantage of the capitalist system, price flexibility proves to be a characteristic feature of the socialist economy.”

Economy Prove Capitalism Advantage Features Characteristics Mechanism Capitalist Socialist Flexibility Paradoxical Socialist Economy

Book:Selected Essays on the Dynamics of the Capitalist Economy 1933-1970

Source: Selected Essays on the Dynamics of the Capitalist Economy 1933-1970