"I cannot believe that our factory system..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
I cannot believe that our factory system is the best mode by which men may get clothing. The condition of the operatives is becoming every day more like that of the English; and it cannot be wondered at, since, as far as I have heard or observed, the principal object is, not that mankind may be well and honestly clad, but, unquestionably, that the corporations may be enriched.
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“The real safeguard of democracy is education.”
“The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor.”
“It is deliberate policy to keep even the favoured groups somewhere near the brink of hardship, because a general state of scarcity increases the importance of small privileges and thus magnifies the distinction between one group and another.”
More on Capitalism
“Personally I think that private property has a right to be defended. Our civilisation is built up on property, and can only be defended by private property.”
“My money buys me the freedom not to be a member of the corporate structure. And I certainly don't feel guilty or hypocritical about that. The way our economy is set up, if you don't want to be a corporate moron and you don't want to be enfeebled in the streets, you must earn enough to know that you'll never have to go to them for money.”
“Money writes books, money sells them. Give me not righteousness, O Lord, give me money, only money.”