Capitalism.



Adam Smith

The government of an exclusive company of merchants is, perhaps, the worst of all governments for any country whatsoever


John Maynard Keynes

[Capitalism] is not a success. It is not intelligent, it is not beautiful, it is not just, it is not virtuous--and it doesn't deliver the goods. In short, we dislike it, and we are beginning to despise it. But when we wonder what to put in its place, we are extremely perplexed

and

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.


Honore de Balzac

Behind every great fortune, there lies a crime.

Sharon Begley

A single decision by the chairman of Royal Dutch/Shell has a greater impact on the health of the planet than all the coffee-ground-composting, organic-cotton-wearing ecofreaks gathering in Washington D.C., for Earth Day festivities this weekend.

Thomas Friedman

"The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist - McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the builder of the F-15. And the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley's technologies is called the United States Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps."


Ambrose Bierce

CORPORATION, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.


G. K. Chesterton

The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.

Noam Chomsky

Why should workers agree to be slaves in a basically authoritarian structure? They should have control over it themselves. Why shouldnít communities have a dominant voice in running the institutions that affect their lives?

Martin Luther King Jr.

True compassion is more than flinging a coin at a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.

Jesus Christ

It would be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.


And so on.

LAD wrote:John Maynard Keynes

[Capitalism] is not a success. It is not intelligent, it is not beautiful, it is not just, it is not virtuous--and it doesn't deliver the goods. In short, we dislike it, and we are beginning to despise it. But when we wonder what to put in its place, we are extremely perplexed

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I can agree on this.. as much as I despise capitalism, I don't know what would be the better alternative.. so I don't know wether to vote crap or not crap..

CRAP

who cares what is better ? it can't be worse
it needs to be destroyed and then we'll see!

Capitalism buy it's very nature cannot perpetuate itself. It will come crashing down wether we will it or not.

Cheers,

yes, that's what Marx said a hundred years ago
and we're still waiting

i'd be interested in discussing alternatives. The last thing we need is another so-called 'socialist' government turning into a dictatorship.

we could pattern the new govt after sweden. they seem to be doing alright.

yeah, except for the suicide rate. but that could just be due to the lack of sunshine.

Capitalists don't care what government it is or how democracy/tyranny is organized; they rule in another way, you know

suicide rate in sweden, too? i always heard iceland.