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“I see, therefore, the rentier aspect of capitalism as a transitional phase which will disappear when it has done its work. And with the disappearance of its rentier aspect much else in it besides will suffer a sea-change. It will be, moreover, a great advantage of the order of events which I am advocating, that the euthanasia of the rentier, of the functionless investor, will be nothing sudden, merely a gradual but prolonged continuance of what we have seen recently in Great Britain, and will need no revolution.”

Source: General Theory Of Employment , Interest And Money

“...If peace were the goal of today's intellectuals, a failure of that magnitude -- and the evidence of unspeakable suffering on so large a scale -- would make them pause and check their statist premises. Instead, blind to everything but their hatred for capitalism, they are now asserting that 'poverty breeds wars' ... But the question is: What breeds poverty? If you look a the world of today and if you look back at history, you will see the answer: the degree of a country's freedom is the degree of its prosperity.”

Ifs World Looks War Country Today Suffering Goal Answers Poverty Degrees Evidence Capitalism Hatred Blind Prosperity Scales Checks Pauses Premises Magnitude Unspeakable

Author:Ayn Rand

“I think that capitalism has just gone too far. And it is actually not limited to the United States. The excesses of capitalism is making us suffer all over the world right now.”

Thinking World States Suffering United United States Gone Right Now Capitalism Excess

Author:Tadao Ando

“The prevailing theory of capitalism suffers from one central and disabling flaw, a profound distrust and incomprehension of capitalism.”

Suffering Theory Capitalism Profound Flaws Distrust Prevailing Incomprehension

Book:Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World

Source: Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World

“A city suffering from chronic poverty, out-of-control crime, a $76 million budget deficit and a 15 percent unemployment rate (nearly 50 percent for Oakland's youth) can hardly afford such social justice follies. But a pushover Democratic mayor and an overwhelmed police force have left what's left of gainfully employed Oakland taxpayers at the mercy of professional freeloaders and anti-capitalism saboteurs.”

“The working poor are the people suffering out subprime mortgages and fatal loans and more and more of our money - you know, capitalism is operated by extracting money, not so much directly being paid.”

People Knows Suffering Poor Capitalism Paid Loan Mortgage

Author:David Graeber

“A newspaper is a public trust, and we will suffer as a society without them. It is not the Internet that has killed them. It is their own greed, it is their own stupidity, and it is capitalism that has taken our daily newspapers from us.”

Suffering Taken Trust Internet Capitalism Greed Stupidity Newspapers Public Trust

Author:Michael Moore

“I think that capitalism in general is responsible, not for the worldwide recession, but for a lot of suffering, both in the United States and around the world.”

Thinking World States Suffering United United States Capitalism Responsible Around The World Recessions

Author:Michael Moore

“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.”

Ifs Feels Believe Art Wanted Suffering Culture Force New York Capitalism Centre Conservatism American Culture

Author:Rufus Wainwright

“America's abundance was created not by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes. They did not starve the people to pay for America's industrialization. They gave the people better jobs, higher wages, and cheaper goods with every new machine they invented, with every scientific discovery or technological advance- and thus the whole country was moving forward and profiting, not suffering, every step of the way.”

“We can make market forces work better for the poor if we can develop a more creative capitalism-if we can stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or at least make a living, serving people who are suffering from the worst inequities. ... You have more than we had; you must start sooner, and carry on longer.”

People Ifs Suffering Force Poor Business Creative Worst Capitalism Profit Serving Graduation

Author:Bill Gates

“This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future.”

Whole Suffering Evil Individual Attitude Worst Students Worship Capitalism Competition Educational Preparation Exaggerated Global Economy Educational System

Book:Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words

Source: Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words

“What we suffer from today is an excess of education.”

Today Suffering Capitalism Excess

Author:Adolf Hitler

“Capitalism brainwashes us through advertising and the skewing of priorities .... We need economies that promote human values, seek to limit suffering, and are committed to democratic principles, rather than ones dependent on global trade and a blind commitment to neo-liberal economic policies.”

“I still believe that capitalism is too harsh and I believe that, even within that, there is a lot of satisfaction and beauty if you happen to be one of the lucky ones, although that doesn't eradicate the reality of the suffering. It's all true at once, kind of humming and sublime.”

Ifs Believe Kind Stills Reality Happens Suffering I Believe Lucky Capitalism Satisfaction Harsh Sublime I Still Believe Humming

Author:George Saunders

“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

“In a democracy, there will be more complaints but less crisis, in a dictatorship more silence but much more suffering.”

Source: Wealth of Words