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“There is an unbroken chain of opposition to the introduction of economic freedom and to the capitalist autonomy of the economic sphere... In every case the opposition could only be overcome - peacefully or by force - because of the promise of capitalism to establish equality... That this promise was an illusion we all know.”

Knows Force Cases Economic Promise Illusion Capitalism Overcoming Chains Opposition Spheres Capitalist Autonomy Introduction Unbroken Economic Freedom

Book:The End of Economic Man: The Origins of Totalitarianism

Source: The End of Economic Man: The Origins of Totalitarianism

“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.”

“Democratic capitalism: A cooperative enterprise to earn enough money to buy enough Congressional influence to gain control over the government's guns so as to get even more money for your special-interest group.Social democratic capitalism: A cooperative enterprise to promise sufficient government benefits to enough voters to gain control over the government's guns so as to keep any other special-interest group from getting as much power as yours.”

“The promise of American capitalism is that it makes people richer, freer and more independent. But since the introduction of Fed, the currency in which Americans keep score has so addled the figures, we scarcely know if we are winning or losing. The dollar we knew as a child - in the 1950's - is only worth a tenth as much today.”

People Ifs Knows Children Today Winning Figures Promise Losing Capitalism Independent Dollars Score Feds Currency Introduction Win Or Lose American Capitalism

Author:Bill Bonner

“The story of Detroit's bankruptcy was simple enough: Allow capitalism to grow the city, campaign against income inequality, tax the job creators until they flee, increase government spending in order to boost employment, promise generous pension plans to keep people voting for failure. Rinse, wash and repeat.”

“Capitalism is a powerful producer of output, crisis-mongering on the left notwithstanding, and this too makes the system seem to have a lot of promise. This is why it is so important to agitate against the system in good times and bad. We can't depend on some super crisis to get folks thinking but instead have to focus on all of the contradictions of the system which cannot be ultimately resolved by it.”

Thinking Important Seems Left Powerful Focus Depends Promise Capitalism Crisis Folks Producers Contradiction Good Times Output Agitate

Author:Michael Yates

“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.”

Knows Turns Politics Dangerous Politician Promise Capitalism Empty Greed Mess Fuel Engines Predictable Lottery Prudent Sellers Slim Frugality Stockbrokers Empty Promises

Author:Margaret Atwood

“The rules of workplace democracy are founded in solidarity and mutual trust. They are at the core of a historic process which promises to introduce a new economy, and thereby a new society, after capitalism.”

Process Economy Democracy Promise Capitalism Core Mutual Introducing Solidarity Workplace Historic Mutual Trust

Book:After Capitalism: From Managerialism to Workplace Democracy

Source: After Capitalism: From Managerialism to Workplace Democracy

“The mode of reconciling the promise of ever-increasing reward for the cadres and the demands of the working classes for a quid pro quo for their loyalty to the state was to offer the latter a small piece of the pie.”

States Class Pieces Promise Offers Demand Capitalism Rewards Loyalty Latter Pie Working Class Small Pieces Cadre Quid Pro Quo

Author:Immanuel Wallerstein

“The promise of Western capitalism of ever rising rates of pay has turned out to be the cheque that bounced”

Pay Promise Capitalism Western Rate Rising Cheques

Author:Jeremy Paxman

“Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care regardless of social standing, that's where you see the sharp limitations of market-based health care.”

Care Social Poverty Promise Capitalism Standing Extremes Health Care Limitation Extreme Poverty

Author:Paul Farmer