"The method of production of the material..." - Quote by Karl Marx
The method of production of the material things of life generally determines the social, political and spiritual currents of life.
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“Work is external to the worker. . . . It is not part of his nature; consequently he does not fulfill himself in his work but denies himself. . . . The worker therefore feels himself at home only during his leisure time, whereas at work he feels homeless.”
“What the bourgeoisie therefore produces, above all, are its own grave-diggers. Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable.”
“Moments are the elements of profit”
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“Wherever desirable superfluities are imported, industry is excited, and thereby plenty is produced. Were only necessaries permitted to be purchased, men would work no more than was necessary for that purpose.”
“If this labourer were in possession of his own means of production, and was satisfied to live as a labourer, he need not work beyond beyond the time necessary for the reproduction of his means of subsistence, say 8 hours a day.”
“If production be capitalistic in form, so, too, will be reproduction.”
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“The sooner our society admits that the Negro Revolution is no momentary outburst soon to subside into placid passivity, the easier the future will be for us all.”
“We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.”
“We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor.”