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Capitalism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠always in danger of inspiring men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life.

Capitalism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠necessarily a system whereby a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level, and since we know that the system will not change the rules, we are going to have to change the system.

Capitalism (n.) started ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠out with a noble and high motive (to block the trade monopolies of nobles), but like most human systems it falls victim to the very thing it was revolting against... so today it has brought about a system that takes necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes.

Capitalism (n.) started ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠out with a noble and high motive, but like most human systems it fell victim to the very thing it was revolting against.

Capitalism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠productive of poverty. When we ask the question, 'why are there forty million poor people in America'' We are raising questions about the economic system and about a capitalistic economy itself.

Capitalism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a system whereby, in judging success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles -- rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to humanity -- can lead to a practical materialism that is as pernicious as the materialism taught by communism.

Capitalism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠wrongheaded in that it forgets that life is social, just as communism forgets that life is individual. Brotherhood is found in a higher synthesis that combines the truths of both.

Capitalism (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠owing to the profit motive, always in danger of leading to a practical materialism that is as pernicious as the materialism taught by communism.