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“Anarcho-capitalism, in my opinion, is a doctrinal system which, if ever implemented, would lead to forms of tyranny and oppression that have few counterparts in human history. There isn't the slightest possibility that its (in my view, horrendous) ideas would be implemented, because they would quickly destroy any society that made this colossal error. The idea of 'free contract' between the potentate and his starving subject is a sick joke, perhaps worth some moments in an academic seminar exploring the consequences of (in my view, absurd) ideas, but nowhere else.”

“Voltaire remarked that it is possible to kill a flock of sheep by witchcraft if you give them plenty of arsenic at the same time. The sheep, in this figure, may well stand for the complacent apologists of capitalism; Marx's penetrating insight and bitter hatred of oppression supply the arsenic, while the labour theory of value provides the incantations.”

Ifs Giving Wells May Values Figures Theory Capitalism Hatred Insight Oppression Bitter Plenty Labour Sheep Witchcraft Flocks Complacent Arsenic

Book:Essay on Marxian Economics

Source: Essay on Marxian Economics

“The real causes of terrorism are not poverty and oppression per se, but rather the bankruptcy of materialist ideologies, like Neo-Conservatism, which promise much but deliver little. The central doctrine of Neo-Conservatism is "democratic capitalism." This is the ultimate oxymoron, because in practice the political pluralism that should underlie democracy cannot exist in a climate of economic plutocracy.”

“The whole evolution of present-day society tends to develop the various forms of bureaucratic oppression and to give them a sort of autonomy in regard to capitalism as such.”

Giving Whole Form Evolution Capitalism Regard Various Oppression Bureaucracy Autonomy Present Day

Book:Oppression and Liberty

Source: Oppression and Liberty

“Thus I came to condemn capitalism, not through any oppression endured by me personally, but through that very deification of efficiency which capitalism had taught me, for its own purposes.”

Purpose Taught Capitalism Oppression Efficiency

Author:Anna Louise Strong

“Most of Marx's predictions have failed to materialize, and his labor theory of value and other ideas have been proven wrong. Marx failed to recognize the incentive system built into the capitalist model - consumer choice and the profit motive of the entrepreneur. The irony is that capitalism, not socialism or Marxism, that has liberated the worker from the chains of poverty, monopoly, war, and oppression, and has better achieved Marx's vision of a millennium of hope, peace, abundance, leisure, and aesthetic expression for the 'full' human being.”

“In modern capitalism economic exploitation rather than political oppression is the real enemy of the people.”

People Real Political Enemy Economic Modern Capitalism Oppression Exploitation Political Oppression

Book:Living My Life (Two Volumes in One)

Source: Living My Life (Two Volumes in One)

“Human beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded. We have created a 'disposable' culture which is now spreading. It is no longer simply about exploitation and oppression, but something new.”

Humans Used Culture Human Beings Capitalism Oppression Consumers Something New Goods Exploitation Overconsumption Discarded Disposable

Author:Pope Francis

“We affirm that the true story of capitalism is now beginning, because capitalism is not a system of oppression only, but is also a selection of values, a coordination of hierarchies, a more amply developed sense of individual responsibility.”

Stories Values Individual Responsibility Capitalism Oppression Selection Hierarchy True Story Coordination Individual Responsibility

Author:Benito Mussolini

“Starting from the very reasonable, but unfortunately revolutionary concept that social practices which threaten the continuation of life on Earth must be changed, we need a theory of revolutionary ecology that will encompass social and biological issues, class struggle, and a recognition of the role of global corporate capitalism in the oppression of peoples and the destruction of nature.”

“A human being can only take so much when their basic rights as a citizen of the earth are being denied to them – or sold at a high cost.”

Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem