Not exact matches
Capitalism takes nearly the opposite approach, attempting to harness greed to counteract sloth and
relying on extra-economic factors to constrain greed.
As Marx pointed out, this is what
capitalism does:
on the one hand, the system
relies on consumers having enough money to actually buy things and keep an economy afloat.
We don't understand that financial
capitalism relies on turning our most basic social needs into opportunities for speculation.
It's a character driven study that doesn't necessarily
rely on plot as much as it does
on a single character's mental anguish, as his ethical and philosophical morals are threatened by the lures of
capitalism.
Before
capitalism came into existence, our ancestors
relied on bartering to secure the goods and services they needed to keep their families healthy and happy.
Many contemporary Chinese artists have gone in for a pop sensibility that
relies on received notions of Western aesthetics either to lugubriously celebrate or completely ignore mass
capitalisms arrival in China.»
For their renewable investments to make a lot of money, the billionaires have to think big and especially
rely on election - buying crony
capitalism to achieve their goals it would appear - goals that immensely hurt the wallets of the other 99 %.
That is why we see some of the most progressive governments in Latin America, such as Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia in the awkward position of critiquing the aggressions of neoliberal
capitalism to nature while also
relying on extractive industries, such as oil.
These promoters of
capitalism don't really operate a commercial enterprise; like any think tank, CEI
relies on donations from individuals, foundations and corporations.
But this economy doesn't
rely on a monoculture of design, the way
capitalism does.