The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks, with luxury items for the few and toxic slag heaps for the many. The glittering mansion overlooks a vast sprawl of shanty towns, wherein a desperate, demoralized humanity is kept in line with drugs, television, and armed force.
You see there are people who believe the function of the police is to fight crime, and that's not true, the function of the police is social control … - Michael Parenti
You see there are people who believe the function of the police is to fight crime, and that's not true, the function of the police is social control …
- Michael Parenti
The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishme… - Michael Parenti
The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishme…
The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks,… - Michael Parenti
The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks,…
The problem with capitalism is that it best rewards the worst part of us: the ruthless, competitive, conniving, opportunistic, acquisitive drives, gi… - Michael Parenti
The problem with capitalism is that it best rewards the worst part of us: the ruthless, competitive, conniving, opportunistic, acquisitive drives, gi…
Apathy's a problem but who cares? - Michael Parenti
Apathy's a problem but who cares?
In societies that worship money and success, the losers become objects of scorn. Those who work the hardest for the least are called lazy. Those forc… - Michael Parenti
In societies that worship money and success, the losers become objects of scorn. Those who work the hardest for the least are called lazy. Those forc…
A nation as such does not give aid to another nation. More precisely, the common citizens of our country, through their taxes, give to the privileged… - Michael Parenti
A nation as such does not give aid to another nation. More precisely, the common citizens of our country, through their taxes, give to the privileged…
The dirty truth is that the rich are the great cause of poverty. - Michael Parenti
The dirty truth is that the rich are the great cause of poverty.
When change threatens to rule, then the rules are changed. - Michael Parenti
When change threatens to rule, then the rules are changed.
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