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Industrial capitalism brought representative democracy, but with a weak public mandate and inert citizenry. The digital age offers a new democracy based on public deliberation and active citizenship.

~Don Tapscott

Topics: Active Age Based Brought Capitalism Citizenry Citizenship Deliberation Democracy Digital Digital Age Industrial Mandate New Offers Public Representative Weak

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Following the rise of the Labour Party it seemed reasonable, in 1927, to expect, or at least hope, that co-operation for the common good might gradually replace the competitiveness of capitalism.

~Dora Russell

Topics: Capitalism Co-Operation Common Common Good Competitiveness Expect Following Good Gradually Hope Labour Labour Party Least Might Party Reasonable Replace Rise Seemed

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Capitalism may have all sorts of things that are good, but ultimately, it's bad for everyone.

~Douglas Tompkins

Topics: Bad Capitalism Everyone Good May Sort Things Ultimately

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There's no doubt whatsoever that there's no future in capitalism. It's probably no more than 500 years old, and it's demonstrating over and over again that it is destroying the world.

~Douglas Tompkins

Topics: Again Capitalism Demonstrating Destroying Doubt Future More No Doubt No Future Old Over Than Whatsoever World Years

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Capitalism doesn't function when it starts to contract, and we can see that quite clearly right here in the eurozone. It's like pushing a giant monster under water that's gasping for air. It goes nuts.

~Douglas Tompkins

Topics: Air Capitalism Clearly Contract Function Giant Goes Here Like Monster Nuts Pushing Quite Right See Starts Water

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I don't think capitalism can survive.

~Douglas Tompkins

Topics: Capitalism Survive Think

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Socialism is nothing more nor less than the social, political and ideological system which breaks the fetters upon economic growth created under capitalism and opens the way to a new period of economic and social expansion on a much larger scale.

~Earl Browder

Topics: Breaks Capitalism Created Economic Economic Growth Expansion Growth Ideological Larger Less More Much New Nor Nothing Opens Period Political Scale Social Socialism System Than Way Which

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While there's capitalism, there'll be socialism, because there is always a response to injustice.

~Ed Miliband

Topics: Always Because Capitalism Injustice Response Socialism While

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Corporatist attitudes against capitalism came to the fore in the 1920s. Corporatists, with their conservative values, hated the invasion of towns and regions by new businesses, upsetting traditional ways, wealth and status.

~Edmund Phelps

Topics: Against Attitudes Businesses Came Capitalism Conservative Fore Hated Invasion New Regions Status Towns Traditional Upsetting Values Ways Wealth 1920S

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Chicago is the product of modern capitalism, and, like other great commercial centers, is unfit for human habitation.

~Eugene V. Debs

Topics: Capitalism Centers Chicago Commercial Great Human Like Modern Other Product Unfit

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