#capitalism

You cannot create a piece of art merely for money. Doing it as part of commerce so denudes art of wonder that it ceases to be art. ↗

— Seth Godin

#capitalism #art

It made Daniel think. The people who had the least were the most willing to share. He outlined a dictum that he would believe the rest of his life: the more people have, the less the give. Similarly, generous cultures produce less waste because excess is shared, whereas stingy nations fill their landfills with leftovers. ↗

— Mark Sundeen

#compassion #humanity-and-society #money #life

Deregulation created this epidemic of greed which according to the rules of capitalism was OK. Beyond that there was criminal behaviour. There have been no repercussions and it's hard to make your peace with. ↗

— Brad Pitt

#been #behaviour #beyond #capitalism #created

The New Deal's enmity for that system of free and competitive private enterprise which we call capitalism was fundamental. ↗

— Garet Garrett

#capitalism #competitive #deal #enmity #enterprise

The American people have a right to know on the rare occasions in which their money is used to invest in private operations, if you will, take bets on capitalism, that is very well vetted, very well thought out and without political interference. ↗

— Darrell Issa

#american people #bets #capitalism #interference #invest

If it is, in reality, capitalism that is the motor force behind the destructive forms of globalization, then it must be in their capacity to neutralize or transform this particular mode of exploitation that one can best test these various forms of resistance to the West. ↗

— Fredric Jameson

#best #capacity #capitalism #destructive #exploitation

If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not a natural state. ↗

— John Ralston Saul

#allowed #attempt #capitalism #corrupt #democracy

I still believe that capitalism is too harsh and I believe that, even within that, there is a lot of satisfaction and beauty if you happen to be one of the lucky ones, although that doesn't eradicate the reality of the suffering. It's all true at once, kind of humming and sublime. ↗

— George Saunders

#beauty #believe #capitalism #eradicate #even

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#backed #belief #capitalism #destroyed #effective

The cure for capitalism's failing would require that a government would have to rise above the interests of one class alone. ↗

— Robert Heilbroner

#alone #capitalism #class #cure #failing