“[Rock and the intellectual Left] must both be interpreted as parts of the cultural fabric of late capitalism. Their success comes from the bourgeois' need to feel that he is not bourgeois.” NeedsFeelsLeftRocksLateIntellectualCapitalismFabricBourgeois Book:Closing of the American Mind Source: Closing of the American Mind
“Radicals, on the other hand, want to advance from the jungle of laissez-faire capitalism to a world worthy of the name of human civilization. They hope for a future where the means of economic production will be owned by all of the people instead of just a comparative handful. They feel that this minority control of production facilities is injurious to the large masses of people not only because of economic monopolies but because the political power inherent in this form of centralized economy does not augur for an ever expanding democratic way of life.” PeopleWorldWayWantFeelsHumansMeanDoeHandsFormPoliticalPoliticsNamesEconomyEconomicCivilizationMassCapitalismDemocraticProductionsWorthyRadicalLiberalismMinoritiesInherentExpandingJungleMonopolyHandfulFacilityPolitical PowerLaissez FaireHuman CivilizationLaissez Faire Capitalism Author:Saul Alinsky
“Throughout their lives, women try to pummel their bodies into some phantom ideal shape that exists only with a lot of airbrushing. ... I don't blame men for this. Men seem to go for us no matter what size and shape we are. I blame capitalism. No, really. The consumer must constantly be in a state of anxious low self-esteem so that she will constantly buy lipsticks and girdles to make her feel cuter.” MenFeelsTryingSelfMatterStatesBodySeemsSelf EsteemShapesLowsCapitalismIdealsNo Matter WhatBlameSizeEsteemConsumersAnxiousConsumerismLipstickLow Self EsteemPhantomsBlame MeGirdlesAirbrushing Author:Cynthia Heimel
“I talked a lot early on in my career about intersectionality and how racism and classism and sexism and homophobia and capitalism are all connected with each other, and they're these crazy systems that are feeding on each other and are also damaging. I can't even go into the whole spectrum of it. But I feel like kids today are so much more savvy about that conversation. And I'm so thrilled when I get to meet younger people who are doing that so much better than I did.” PeopleFeelsI CanWholeKidsTodayCareersCrazyConversationRacismCapitalismConnectedSexismFeedingSpectrumHomophobiaSavvyIntersectionalityClassism Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I can't concern myself with how viewers feel.” FeelsI CanCommunityPolicyCapitalismConcernStrategyIdeologyConsumerismViewersFree Market Author:Lorne Michaels
“For all its apparent tolerance, the USA maintains a peculiar balance between the forces of capitalism and democracy. To achieve this I feel sure the country is guided by some hidden force; an organization working in secrecy, powerful enough to dispose of the Kennedys and of anyone else who gets in its way.” WayFeelsCountryEnoughForcePowerfulDemocracyAchieveBalanceCapitalismOrganizationToleranceUsaPeculiarSecrecy Author:Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
“If you have only a little capital and are young today, there are fewer opportunities than when I was young. Back then, we had just come out of a depression. Capitalism was a bad word. There had been abuses in the 1920s. A joke going around then was the guy who said, 'I bought stock for my old age and it worked - in six months, I feel like an old man!' "It's tougher for you, but that doesn't mean you won't do well - it just may take more time. But what the heck, you may live longer."” IfsMenFeelsWellsMayMeanLittlesSaidAgeTodayYoungGuyOpportunityMonthsSixJokesCapitalismAbuseOld AgeMore TimeOld ManFewerSix MonthsBad Word Author:Charlie Munger
“The sin of capitalism, perhaps, is to make wants feel like needs, to give to simple silly stuff the urgency of near-physical necessity: I must have it. The grace of capitalism is to make wants feel like hopes, so that material objects and stuff can feel like the possibility of something heroic and civic.” WantNeedsGivingFeelsStuffSinSimpleGracePossibilityObjectsMaterialsCapitalismSillyHeroicUrgencyCivicsSilly Stuff Author:Adam Gopnik
“Yes it is true that pro-capitalist forces have a lot of power. But so did slave-holding racists. We give ourselves hope when we conceptualize capitalism as a set of practices that can be challenged by fighting the piece of the puzzle we feel most compelled to fight.” GivingFeelsFightingForcePracticePiecesCapitalismSlaveRacistCapitalistPuzzlesCompelled Author:Cynthia Kauffman
“The institutions at the centre of capitalism are bigger than they've ever been, the pay is much greater, the ability of society to get its arms around it is much less. The political clout of the financial class is unbelievable. I'd say the story is darker than when I was there. When I was there it felt like a comedy - and now it feels more like a tragedy.” FeelsStoriesPoliticalFeltAbilityPayClassComedyGreaterArmsCapitalismBiggerTragedyInstitutionsFinancialCentreUnbelievableClout Author:Michael Lewis
“I am home because I am a writer, but sometimes, when I'm not productive (productivity: the expectations of capitalism), I feel like a terrible housewife, or a sick person.” FeelsPersonsSometimesHomeTerribleExpectationsCapitalismSickProductivityProductiveHousewifeSick Person Author:Kate Zambreno
“Feminism now seems to be defined as success is defined: as being as good at capitalism as men are. I feel very estranged from it.” MenFeelsSeemsFeminismCapitalismDefined Author:Jessa Crispin
“Capitalism has proven to be a far more terrible system than Marx could ever bring himself to imagine. Those who are so deluded as to find something good in it, or even feel loyalty toward it, are its most pitiful victims.” FeelsImagineTerribleCapitalismVictimLoyaltyProvenDeludedPitiful Author:Allen W. Wood
“I think what we are confronting now is a new war of ideas. It's not communism versus capitalism, but it is authoritarianism versus democracy and representative government. And that is a threat that here in Europe, they feel acutely. They've seen their countries interfered with, bombarded by cyber-attacks, by Russian propaganda, indeed, by Russian troops.” ThinkingFeelsIdeasWarCountryGovernmentDemocracyCapitalismEuropeThreatCommunismPropagandaTroopsRepresentativesVersusAuthoritarianismConfrontingCyberBombardedRepresentative GovernmentBombarded ByCyber Attacks Author:Adam Schiff
“New York is not the centre for American culture and art that it once was because of the forces of conservatism. Giuliani, capitalism - and then there was 9/11. I really believe that if I leave, it will suffer! Maybe that's why I love it here, because I feel wanted.” IfsFeelsBelieveArtWantedSufferingCultureForceNew YorkCapitalismCentreConservatismAmerican Culture Author:Rufus Wainwright
“My war - and I have yet to win a decisive battle - is with the modes of thought that and conditioned feelings that prevail in psychology and therefore also in the way we think and feel about our being. Of these conditions none are more tyrannical than the convictions that clamp the mind and heart into positivistic science (geneticism and computerism), economics (bottom-line capitalism), and single-minded faith (fundamentalism).” ThinkingWayFeelsMindHeartWarFeelingsWinningLinesPsychologyConditionsBattleCapitalismEconomicsBottomConvictionFundamentalismHeart And MindBottom Line Author:James Hillman
“I think commercialism helps Christmas and I think that the more capitalism we can inject into the Christmas holiday the more spiritual I feel about it” ThinkingFeelsHelpingSpiritualCapitalismChristmasHolidayChristmas HolidayCommercialism Author:Craig Ferguson
“Under capitalism the common man enjoys amenities which in ages gone by were unknown and therefore inaccessible even to the richest people. But, of course, these motorcars, television sets and refrigerators do not make a man happy. In the instant in which he acquires them, he may feel happier than he did before. But as soon as some of his wishes are satisfied, new wishes spring up. Such is human nature.” PeopleMenFeelsHumansMayAgeCoursesWishEnjoyCommonGoneHuman NatureTelevisionSpringCapitalismSatisfiedInstantAcquireCommon ManRefrigeratorsInaccessibleAmenities Author:Ludwig von Mises
“Modern capitalism needs men who cooperate smoothly and in large numbers; who want to consume more and more; and whose tastes are standardized and can be easily influenced and anticipated. It needs men who feel free and independent, not subject to any authority or principle or conscience-- yet willing to be commanded, to do what is expected of them, to fit into the social machine without friction; who can be guided without force, led without leaders, prompted without aim-- except the one to make good, to be on the move, to function, to go ahead.” MenWantNeedsFeelsMovingForceSocialNumbersLeaderPrinciplesModernSubjectsWillingFitTasteAuthorityConscienceCapitalismMachinesFunctionAimIndependentExpectedLarge NumbersFrictionEasily Influenced Author:Erich Fromm
“I have a problem with capitalism, in it's extreme sense. At the same time communism, I have a problem with that, because every man must feel like a lord in his own manor.” MenFeelsProblemLordMusicianCapitalismExtremesEvery ManCommunismRock Music Author:Jaz Coleman
“Cyborgs are not reverent; they do not re-member the cosmos. They are wary of holism, but needy for connection- they seem to have a natural feel for united front politics, but without the vanguard party. The main trouble with cyborgs, of course, is that they are the illegitimate offspring of militarism and patriarchal capitalism, not to mention state socialism. But illegitimate offspring are often exceedingly unfaithful to their origins.” FeelsStatesSeemsCoursesNaturalUnitedPartyTroubleFrontsMembersCapitalismConnectionsSocialismCosmosNeedyOffspringUnfaithfulMilitarismVanguardCyborgHolismUnited Front Author:Donna J. Haraway
“Living under capitalism, I like learning to feel comfortable with activity that does not result in success — since non-success is the norm. Trying your best and making it is not the norm — it’s propaganda. Of course I play with notions of hype, too... The entire Comatonse website is a sarcastic hype-engine, sprawling forever, overwhelming the viewer with nothingness.” FeelsTryingDoePlayCoursesResultsForeverActivityComfortableCapitalismNotionPropagandaSarcasticOverwhelmingEnginesNothingnessViewersNormWebsiteHypeTry Your Best Author:Terre Thaemlitz
“I always feel that crime films are about capitalism.” FeelsFilmCrimeCapitalism Author:Andrew Dominik
“There's definitely evidence that capitalism at its most ruthless rewards psychopathic behavior. When you look at the worst corners of the American health insurance industry or the sub-prime banking market, it really feels like the more psychopathically someone behaves, the more it's rewarded.” FeelsLooksWorstIndustryBehaviorEvidenceCapitalismRewardsCornersBehavePrimeBankingRuthlessPsychopathic Author:Jon Ronson
“People feel they are not participating in the decision-making process. Decisions are exclusive to those at the very top. You have grown up with crony capitalism and it creates ever more resentment.” PeopleFeelsProcessDecisionCapitalismDecision MakingResentmentExclusiveParticipatingDecision Making ProcessCroniesCrony Capitalism Author:Sri Mulyani Indrawati