“It's increasingly apparent that the absence of purpose - or of a moral language - within government, media or business, could become one of the most dangerous own goals for capitalism and for freedom.” GovernmentPurposeLanguageGoalMoralMediaDangerousCapitalismAbsence Author:Elisabeth Murdoch
“For me, it is clear that we are currently in a period of structural crisis of capitalism going back to the 1970s, but deepening in our time. Persistent economic stagnation together with neoliberal austerity has at this point seriously undermined the stability of the liberal-democratic state and thus the political command sector of the capitalist system. This has led to a dangerous resurgence of political movements in the fascist genus, representing an alternative way of managing the state of the capitalist system, opposed to liberal democracy.” TogetherPoliticalDemocracyEconomicDangerousCapitalismCrisisStabilityCapitalistPersistentStagnation Author:John Bellamy Foster
“[I]f you think that American imperialism and its globalised, capitalist form is the most dangerous thing in the world, that means you don't think the Islamic Republic of Iran or North Korea or the Taliban is as bad.” ThinkingWorldMeanFormDangerousCapitalismIslamicIranRepublicAfghanistanCapitalistImperialismKoreaNorth KoreaTalibanDangerous ThingsAmerican Imperialism Author:Christopher Hitchens
“Hope drives us to invent new fixes for old messes, which in turn create ever more dangerous messes. Hope elects the politician with the biggest empty promise; and as any stockbroker or lottery seller knows, most of us will take a slim hope over prudent and predictable frugality. Hope, like greed, fuels the engine of capitalism.” KnowsTurnsPoliticsDangerousPoliticianPromiseCapitalismEmptyGreedMessFuelEnginesPredictableLotteryPrudentSellersSlimFrugalityStockbrokersEmpty Promises Author:Margaret Atwood
“If you can't afford the good food or if you can't afford health care or if you don't have a job or if your car is dangerous because you can't get it fixed and you DIE, you just lost the game-bzzzzz-thanks for playing extreme capitalism.” IfsCareJobsDiesGamesLostDangerousCarCapitalismExtremesThanksHealth CareFixedGood Food Book:Attempting Normal Source: Attempting Normal
“Market forces have no intrinsically moral direction, which is why, before he wrote The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith wrote The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Ethics should precede economics. But it doesn't have to. . . . We know this because we've seen the results of capitalism without conscience: the pollution of the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat; the endangerment of workers; and the sale of dangerous products - from cars to toys to drugs. All in pursuit of ever-greater profits.” KnowsShouldPoliticalForceNationsWaterWealthResultsMoralGreaterAirDangerousCarProductsTheoryDrinkDrugEthicsConscienceCapitalismEconomicsWorkersProfitBreathePursuitSentimentsAdamToysPollutionWealth Of NationsEndangerment Author:Arianna Huffington
“You can't talk about solving the economic problem of the Negro without talking about billions of dollars. You can't talk about ending the slums without first saying profit must be taken out of the slums. You're really tampering and getting on dangerous ground because you are messing with folk then. You are messing with captains of industry. Now this means that we are treading in difficult water, because it really means that we are saying that something is wrong with capitalism.” FirstsMeanProblemDifficultWaterTalkingTakenEconomicDangerousIndustryCapitalismDollarsFolksProfitBillionsUnexpectedCaptainsReally MeanSlumsTreadingEconomic ProblemsCaptains Of Industry Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Incendiary capitalism is carrying its out evil works more dangerously than ever, and is doing so in the increasingly dangerous neighborhood of the powder kegs that are the great European military powers.” EvilMilitaryDangerousCapitalismNeighborhoodPowderMilitary PowerKegs Author:Karl Liebknecht