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“Democracy can hardly be expected to flourish in societies where political and economic power is being progressively concentrated and centralized. But the progress of technology has led and is still leading to just such a concentration and centralization of power.”

Stills Political Technology Power Democracy Progress Economic Capitalism Expected Novelists Concentration Flourishing Economic Power Centralization

Book:Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948

Source: Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948

“Massive concentration of financial power, accompanied by the machinations of finance capital, can as easily de-stabilize as stabilize capitalism.”

Capitalism Financial Finance Concentration Massive

Author:David Harvey

“We need to take a close look at the relationship between the economic system of Capitalism and the political system of Democracy. A democracy with high concentrations of private wealth buys votes and interferes with the ability of Capitalism to perform well. It is no longer one citizen, one vote.”

Needs Wells Looks Political Wealth Ability Democracy Economic Citizens Capitalism Vote Concentration Interfere Political Systems Economic Systems

Author:Philip Kotler

“Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of power. Government is necessary to preserve our freedom, it is an instrument through which we can exercise our freedom; yet by concentrating power in political hands, it is also a threat to freedom. Even though the men who wield this power initially be of good will and even though they be not corrupted by the power they exercise, the power will both attract and form men of a different stamp.”

Men Mind Different Hands Government Form Political Exercise Capitalism Instruments Threat Preserves Concentration Stamps Good Will Concentrating Power Government

Book:Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition

Source: Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition

“Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men. The fundamental threat to freedom is power to coerce, be it in the hands of a monarch, a dictator, an oligarchy, or a momentary majority. The preservation of freedom requires the elimination of such concentration of power to the fullest possible extent and the dispersal and distribution of whatever power cannot be eliminated — a system of checks and balances.”

Source: Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition

“But suppose, for the sake of argument, free competition, without any sort of monopoly, would develop capitalism trade more rapidly. Is it not a fact that the more rapidly trade and capitalism develop, the greater is the concentration of production and capital which gives rise to monopoly?”

Giving Facts Greater Capitalism Argument Trade Competition Sake Productions Concentration Monopoly Free Trade

Book:Essential Works of Lenin:

Source: Essential Works of Lenin:

“Viewed as a means to the end of political freedom, economic arrangements are important because of their effect on the concentration or dispersion of power. The kind of economic organization that provides economic freedom directly, namely, competitive capitalism, also promotes political freedom because it separates economic power from political power and in this way enables the one to offset the other”

Source: Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition

“Freedom is a rare and delicate plant. Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of power.”

Mind Capitalism Threat Plant Concentration Delicate

Book:Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition

Source: Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition

“The free market is notorious for distributing resources in a highly unequal manner, with great concentrations of wealth at the top and poverty at the bottom. Our social programs, modest compared to those of many other Western countries, play an important role in redistributing some of those resources from the haves to the have-nots.”

Important Country Play Social Wealth Poverty Roles Capitalism Resources Program Western Bottom Concentration Modest Free Market Notorious Social Programs Concentration Of Wealth

Author:Linda McQuaig