“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.” WritingDoeWould BeRoomsDemocracyCapitalismThreatWesternGravesErasChineseTriumphBritainDescriptionCommunistElephantsPrescriptionsSaudisSupremacy Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“Every day, human beings are worth less. That's the triumph of capitalism. The money gets made, and the fewer people we need to make that money.” PeopleNeedsHumansMadeHuman BeingsCapitalismTriumphFewer Author:David Simon
“I've lived long enough to see the triumph of zealots and absolutists, to watch money swallow politics, to witness the rise of the corporate state. See the party of working and poor people become a sycophant of crony capitalism. Watch the union of church and state become fashionable again. Witness the coupling of news and entertainment. See everyday people cast overboard as the pirates and predators of Wall Street seized the ship of state. I didn't drift; I moved left just by standing still.” PeopleLongStillsStatesEnoughLeftChurchPoorPartyWatchesStreetsWallNewsCapitalismStandingMovedUnionsEverydayCastsEntertainmentShipsWitnessTriumphCorporatePoor PeopleChurch And StateFashionablePiratePredatorOverboardStanding StillZealotCroniesCouplingSycophantsCrony Capitalism Author:Bill Moyers
“Capitalism has triumphed all over the world, but this triumph is only the prelude to the triumph of labour over capital.” WorldCapitalismCommunismTriumphLabourPrelude Book:Izbrannye Proizvedenii͡a V Trekh Tomakh Source: Izbrannye Proizvedenii͡a V Trekh Tomakh
“Prostitution is the supreme triumph of capitalism. When the sex war is won prostitutes should be shot as collaborators for their terrible betrayal of all women, for the moral tarring and feathering they give indigenous women who have had the bad luck to live in what they make their humping ground.” GivingShouldWarSexMoralTerribleShotsCapitalismLuckBetrayalSupremeTriumphIndigenousProstitutionBad LuckCollaborators Author:Julie Burchill
“We can speak of the triumph of capitalism in the world, but we cannot yet speak about the triumph of democracy. There is a serious mismatch between the political and the economic conditions that prevail in the world today.” WorldTodayPoliticalSpeakDemocracyEconomicConditionsSeriousCapitalismInvestingTriumphWorld TodayMismatch Book:Open Society Reforming Global Capitalism Reconsidered Source: Open Society Reforming Global Capitalism Reconsidered
“Democracy suits Europeans today partly because it is associated with the triumph of capitalism and partly because it involves less commitment or intrusion into their lives than any of the alternatives. Europeans accept democracy because they no longer believe in politics. It is for this reason that we find both high levels of support for democracy in cross-national opinion polls and high rates of political apathy.” BelieveReasonTodayPoliticalLevelsAcceptingOpinionSupportDemocracyCommitmentCapitalismCrossesRateSuitsAlternativesTriumphApathyPollsHigh LevelIntrusionOpinion Polls Author:Mark Mazower
“In the end, one or the other will triumph - a funeral dirge will be sung over the Soviet republic or over world capitalism.” WorldEndsPoliticsCapitalismTriumphRepublicFuneralSoviet Author:Vladimir Lenin
“It is not to save capitalism that we fight in Russia … It is for a revolution of our own. … If Europe were to become once more the Europe of bankers, of fat corrupt bourgeoisies we should prefer Communism to win and destroy everything. We would rather have it all blow up than see this rottenness resplendent. Europe fights in Russia because it [i.e., Fascist Europe] is Socialist. what interests us most in the war is the revolution to follow The war cannot end without the triumph of Socialist revolution.” IfsShouldWarEndsFightingWinningInterestRevolutionCapitalismEuropeBlowRussiaFatsCommunismTriumphSocialistBankersFascistsBourgeoisie Author:Leon Degrelle