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Michael Parenti
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Easily the shortest book ever written.
| “The essence of capitalism, its raison d’être, is not to build democracy, or help working people, or save the environment, or build homes for the homeless. Its goal is to convert nature into commodities and commodities into capital, to invest and accumulate, transmuting every part of the world into its own image for its own realization. The modern capitalist imperative is simply to create more money for idle investors by any means possible. This growth is often enabled by predation on the publicly-held resources that represents real value, thereby diminishing the community’s ability to sustain itself in the long run. Forests are clear-cut; public utilities are privatized; social programs are gutted; and so on. The net result is that the quality of life for the vast majority of the world’s citizens has declined.” ~ Michael Parenti |
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The author of countless articles, and several memorable books about life under capitalism/imperialism, Michael Parenti, political scientist and cultural critic, is easily one of the most distinguished and valuable US revolutionary intellectuals of the 20th century. He has taught at American and international universities and has been a guest lecturer before campus and community audiences across the globe.
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