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“Contrary to the vulgar belief that men are motivated primarily by materialistic considerations, we now see the capitalist system being discredited and destroyed all over the world, even though this system has given men the greatest material comforts.”

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Book:Letters of Ayn Rand

Source: Letters of Ayn Rand

“Karl Marx did not call for an opposition to the forces of history. On the contrary he accepted all of them, the drive of technology, the revolutionizing effects of democratic striving, even the vagaries of capitalism, as being indeed the carriers of a brighter future.”

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Author:Robert Heilbroner

“Liberal capitalism is not at all the Good of humanity. Quite the contrary; it is the vehicle of savage, destructive nihilism.”

Humanity Capitalism Contrary Destructive Vehicle Fierce Savages Nihilism

Author:Alain Badiou

“The existence of a free market does not of course eliminate the need for government. On the contrary, government is essential both as a forum for determining the "rule of the game" and as an umpire to interpret and enforce the rules decided on.”

Needs Doe Government Courses Games Existence Essentials Capitalism Decided Contrary Free Market Umpires Forums Rules Of The Game Free Market Capitalism

Author:Milton Friedman

“Capitalism and socialism are two distinct patterns of social organization. Private control of the means of production and public control are contradictory notions and not merely contrary notions. There is no such thing as a mixed economy, a system that would stand midway between capitalism and socialism.”

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Author:Ludwig von Mises

“Liberalism and capitalism address themselves to the cool, well-balanced mind. They proceed by strict logic, eliminating any appeal to the emotions. Socialism, on the contrary, works on the emotions, tries to violate logical considerations by rousing a sense of personal interest and to stifle the voice of reason by awakening primitive instincts.”

Source: Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist

“The recurrence of periods of depression and mass unemployment has discredited capitalism in the opinion of injudicious people. Yet these events are not the outcome of the operation of the free market. They are on the contrary the result of well-intentioned but ill-advised government interference with the market.”

Source: Middle of the Road Policy Leads to Socialism

“The companies only developed if the state did not intervene in the French fashion. If on the contrary a certain degree of economic freedom was the rule, capitalism moved in firmly and adapted itself to all administrative quirks and difficulties”

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Book:Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century: The wheels of commerce

Source: Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century: The wheels of commerce

“Ownership is not a general feature of our society, determining its character. On the contrary, dependence on a precarious wage at the will of others is the general feature of our society.”

Character Capitalism Contrary Features Our Society Ownership Dependence Precarious

Book:An Essay on the Restoration of Property

Source: An Essay on the Restoration of Property

“Scientific culture created a framework within which individual mobility was possible without threatening hierarchical work-force allocation. On the contrary, meritocracy reinforced hierarchy. Finally, meritocracy as an operation and scientific culture as an ideology created veils that hindered perception of the underlying operations of historical capitalism.”

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Author:Immanuel Wallerstein

“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