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“For many people the thrill of having more is intensified by the presence of those who have less. Waste is not the issue here. To many greedy individuals, power lies in withholding resources.”

Wealth Class Poverty Power Capitalism Economics Greed Sustainability Scarcity The One Percent

Book:Where We Stand: Class Matters

Source: Where We Stand: Class Matters

“Person 1: Do you know how America's class system works? Person 2: America has a class system? Person 1: Yes, that's how it works.”

Wealth Inequality Minimum Wage Affluence Class Struggle Class Warfare Plutocracy Class System Gilded Age The One Percent

Book:Limitarianism The Case Against Extreme Wealth, The Psychology of Management & Get Sh*t Done 3 Books Collection Set

Source: Limitarianism The Case Against Extreme Wealth, The Psychology of Management & Get Sh*t Done 3 Books Collection Set

“The world is on fire and needs a lot of money to put out the fire. The richest possess a lot of money that they don’t need at all. So we should start getting our firewater from the super-rich. Only then from the middle class, and certainly not from the poor.”

Wealth Wealth Distribution The One Percent Limitarianism Unbridled Wealth Wealth Limitation

Author:Ingrid Robeyns

“They control Europe under the attractive and falsely uniting banner of the “European Union”, the Middle East under the convenient banner of “fighting terrorism”, Africa and South America under the false and misleading banners of “democracy and development”, and many other banners under which the most hideous crimes are daily committed against humanity. Indeed, a closer examination reveals that all these banners are just different logos for one and the same goal, which is to ensure that the overwhelming—and overwhelmed—majority of people are imprisoned, disabled, and deprived of their fair share of bread, sun, and dignity.”

Capitalism Greed Investors Bankers Oligarchy Global Elite The One Percent

Author:Louis Yako

“Capitalism did not make the break from feudalism and slavery that we thought it did, it harnessed and bridled those things for corporate profits in the pursuit of the 1% monocracy.”

Capitalism Slavery Feudalism Anonymous The One Percent The 1 Corporate Profits

Author:Anonymous, @AnonymousLyWise