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“What is the elephant in all our rooms? It is the global triumph of capitalism. Democracy is fiercely disputed. Freedom is under threat even in old-established democracies such as Britain. Western supremacy is on the skids. But everyone does capitalism. Americans and Europeans do it. Indians do it. Russian oligarchs and Saudi princes do it. Even Chinese communists do it... Karl Marx would be turning in his grave. Or perhaps not, since some of his writings eerily foreshadowed our era of globalised capitalism. His prescription failed but his description was prescient.”

Writing Doe Would Be Rooms Democracy Capitalism Threat Western Graves Eras Chinese Triumph Britain Description Communist Elephants Prescriptions Saudis Supremacy

Author:Timothy Garton Ash

“We should understand that in the context of the US, where our legal system is based in settler colonialism, capitalism and white supremacy, changing laws will never sufficiently change the conditions of harm and violence our movements seek to transform.”

Should Law White Violence Conditions Movement Capitalism Harm Colonialism White Supremacy Supremacy Legal System Settlers

Author:Dean Spade

“Capitalism means free enterprise, sovereignty of the consumers in economic matters, and sovereignty of the voters in political matters. Socialism means full government control of every sphere of the individuals life and the unrestricted supremacy of the government in its capacity as central board of production management.”

Mean Matter Government Political Individual Economic Capitalism Capacity Management Productions Socialism Consumers Boards Enterprise Voters Spheres Sovereignty Supremacy Free Enterprise

Book:Bureaucracy

Source: Bureaucracy

“The market economy-capitalism-is a social system of consumers' supremacy.”

Social Economy Capitalism Consumers Supremacy Market Economy Social Systems

Book:Money, method, and the market process: essays

Source: Money, method, and the market process: essays

“I am not primarily an advocate of capitalism, but of egoism; I am not primarily an advocate of egoism, but of reason. If one recognizes the supremacy of reason and applies it consistently, all the rest follows.”

Ifs Reason Capitalism Consistently Altruism Egoism Supremacy Selfish Reasons

Book:The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

“The pornographers are not a deviation from the norm. Their presence in the mainstream shouldn't be surprising, because they represent mainstream values: The logic of domination and subordination that is central to patriarchy, hyper-patriotic nationalism, white supremacy, and a predatory corporate capitalism.”

Values White Capitalism Logic Corporate Nationalism Patriotic Surprising Mainstream Patriarchy Norm Domination White Supremacy Supremacy Hyper Deviation Subordination Predatory

Author:Robert Jensen