Capitalism has a way of letting people view the world

Capitalism has a way of letting people view the world through rose-coloured glasses.

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The quote from Rebecca McNutt's book "Hello, My Name is Grief: A Short Story About 9/11" highlights the tendency of capitalism to shape our perceptions positively, often masking underlying issues. It suggests that the capitalist framework encourages an optimistic outlook, allowing individuals to overlook the more challenging realities of life, such as grief and loss. This perspective can lead to a disconnection from the true state of affairs, creating an illusion...

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Capitalism has a way of letting people view the world through rose-coloured glasses.

He's completely blown through his younger years like his childhood was one big cigarette to smoke carelessly.

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The mythology of freedom under capitalism for the average person is a con job. — Bryant McGill Voice of Reason

The emotional pattern seems to be something like, "{Karl} Polanyi, a person of the left like me, says many true things, beautifully. Therefore his tales about what happened in economic history must be true." Marx before him got similar treatment. Lately the more eloquent of the environmentalists, such as Wendell Berry, get it too. People want to believe that beauty is truth. A supporting emotional frame on the left arises from the very idea of historical progress: "We must be able to do so much better than this wretched capitalism." It is not true, but it motivates. — Deirdre N. McCloskey

For if you do not wish to be 'just a number' then do not measure yourself accordingly. Bank statements and scales are instruments employed by society that confine you to a limited summation of yourself – born is the human void. — Nicole Bonomi

To say that "the worker has an interest in the rapid growth of capital", means only this: that the more speedily the worker augments the wealth of the capitalist, the larger will be the crumbs which fall to him, the greater will be the number of workers than can be called into existence, the more can the mass of slaves dependent upon capital be increased. — Karl Marx Wage - Labour...

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