“One of the most ironic things about capitalism is that the capitalist will sell you the rope to hang himself with. Actually they will give you the money to make a movie that makes them look bad, if they believe they can make money off it.” IfsGivingBelieveLooksMoneyCapitalismSellsGreedMaking MoneyIronicCapitalistRopeIronic Things Author:Michael Moore
“The problem is capitalism. The problem is that in order to sell seven billion people on the necessity of globalisation, we've created a moral universe where people who do not work to create profit are considered less than human, and used as surplus labour to drive down the cost of wages.” PeopleHumansProblemUsedOrderUniverseMoralCostCapitalismSellsSevenProfitBillionsLabourWagesSurplusGlobalisation Author:Laurie Penny
“Wars are fought for oil wells and coaling stations; for control of the Dardanelles or the Suez Canal; for colonial pickings to buy cheap in and conquered markets to sell dear in. War is capitalism with the gloves off.” WellsWarCapitalismSellsDearOilStationsGlovesCanals Author:Tom Stoppard
“It's a film made in a very radical creative manner. It was possible because we didn't have to pander to capitalism. I think the film is also a humanistic cry for help for animation. It's a film [Boy and the World] with sensitivities completely opposite to what the market wants to sell.” ThinkingWorldWantMadeHelpingFilmBoysCreativeCryCapitalismOppositesSellsRadicalSensitivityAnimationHumanistic Author:Alex Abreu
“When it comes to hang the capitalists they will compete with each other to sell us the rope at a lower price.” CapitalismSellsCapitalistRope Author:Vladimir Lenin
“Capitalism is an organized system to guarantee that greed becomes the primary force of our economic system and allows the few at the top to get very wealthy and has the rest of us riding around thinking we can be that way, too - if we just work hard enough, sell enough Tupperware and Amway products, we can get a pink Cadillac.” IfsThinkingWayHardEnoughForceEconomicProductsHard WorkCapitalismSellsGreedPrimariesOrganizedGuaranteesWealthyRidingEconomic SystemsGuarantees ThatCadillacsTupperwareAmway Author:Michael Moore
“Critics of consumer capitalism like to think that consumers are manipulated and controlled by those who seek to sell them things, but for the most part it's the other way around: companies must make what consumers want and deliver it at the lowest possible price.” ThinkingWayWantCompanyCapitalismSellsCriticsConsumersControlledLowest Author:James Surowiecki
“Well, capitalism is a big problem, because with capitalism you're just going to keep buying and selling things until there's nothing else to buy and sell, which means gobbling up the planet.” WellsMeanProblemBigsPlanetsCapitalismSellsSellingBuyingBig ProblemsBuying And SellingSelling Things Author:Alice Walker