“It is rotten and dismal that a world of so many hundred million people should be ruled by a single caste that has the power to lead millions to life or to death, indeed on a whim...This caste has spun its web over the entire earth; capitalism recognizes no national boundaries...Capitalism has learne…”— Joseph Goebbels, en.wikiquote.org
“Fake (social media) accounts, known as bots, can help sway advertising audiences and reshape political debates. They can defraud businesses and ruin reputations.”— NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, GABRIEL J.X. DANCE, RICHARD HARRIS and MARK HANSEN, nytimes.com
“What is the difference between Capitalism and Communism? It's the order of events, In Capitalism the dad goes missing and then kids report, while in Communism kids report then dad goes missing.”— NYashchuk2_HAZ3, reddit.com
“The mass of people in our economic system are required to live with the consequences of the decisions made by the corporate leaderships. Decisions for which they are excluded. Legally and in practice.”— Richard D. Wolff, youtube.com
“The human race, if it wanted liberty, equality, fraternity and democracy. Would have to demise a system other and different than capitalism.”— Richard D. Wolff, youtube.com
“Capitalism has always had people who love it and people who hate it.”— Richard D. Wolff, youtube.com
“From 1929 - 1941, The United States had unemployment rates hovering around 20% to 25%, that's 5-6 times the unemployment we have now. And the unemployment we have now is a problem.”— Richard D. Wolff, youtube.com
“Economics have been what philosophers call an agonistic field. A place in which different ways of understanding the economy contest with one another.”— Richard D. Wolff, youtube.com
“Owing to pressure from below, the pressure of the masses, the bourgeoisie may sometimes concede certain partial reforms while remaining on the basis of the existing social-economic system. Acting in this way, it calculates that these concessions are necessary in order to preserve its class rule. Thi…”— Joseph Stalin, newstatesman.com
“Without getting rid of the capitalists, without abolishing the principle of private property in the means of production, it is impossible to create planned economy.”— Joseph Stalin, newstatesman.com
“The capitalist State does not deal much with economy in the strict sense of the word; the latter is not in the hands of the State. On the contrary, the State is in the hands of capitalist economy.”— Joseph Stalin, newstatesman.com
“Capitalism, in its imperialist phase, is a system which considers war to be a legitimate instrument for settling international disputes, a legal method in fact, if not in law.”— Joseph Stalin, marxists.org
“Either place yourself at the mercy of capital, eke out a wretched existence as of old and sink lower and lower, or adopt a new weapon—this is the alternative imperialism puts before the vast masses of the proletariat. Imperialism brings the working class to revolution.”— Joseph Stalin, marxists.org
“Undoubtedly, our path is not of the easiest; but, just as undoubtedly, we are not to be frightened by difficulties. Paraphrasing from the well-known words of Luther, Russia might say: ‘Here I stand on the frontier between the old, capitalist world and the new, socialist world. Here on this frontier…”— Joseph Stalin, marxists.org
“We must finally understand that of all the precious capital in the world, the most precious capital, the most decisive capital, is human beings....”— Joseph Stalin, marx2mao.com
“What would happen if capital succeeded in smashing the Republic of Soviets? There would set in an era of the blackest reaction in all the capitalist and colonial countries, the working class and the oppressed peoples would be seized by the throat, the positions of international communism would be lo…”— Joseph Stalin, marx2mao.com
“Fascism is the bourgeoisie’s fighting organization that relies on the active support of Social-Democracy. Social-Democracy is objectively the moderate wing of fascism.”— Joseph Stalin, en.wikiquote.org
“We're a capitalist society, Val. Only difference between fancy and seedy is the opening bid.”— Harris Danow, Alex Cole, Tommy Dewey, imdb.com
“Corporate tycoons and financiers saw the potential. They bought – or took over – luxury companies and turned their sights on a new target audience: the middle market, that broad socioeconomic demographic. The idea, luxury executives explained, was to 'democratise' luxury, to make luxury 'accessible'…”— Dana Thomas, amazon.com