The method of production of the material things of life generally determines the social, political and spiritual currents of life.

Under private property, each tries to establish over the other an alien power, so as thereby to find satisfaction of his own selfish need. The increase in the quantity of objects is therefore accompanied by an extension of the realm of the alien powers to which man is subjected, and every new product represents a new potentiality of mutual swindling and mutual plundering.

Crack-brained meddling by the authorities [can] aggravate an existing crisis.

The unity of the bourgeoisie can be shaken only by the unity of the proletariat.

Music is the mirror of reality.

The monopoly of capital becomes a fetter upon the mode of production, which has sprung up and flourished along with, and under it. Centralisation of the means of production and socialisation of labour at last reach a point where they become incompatible with there capitalist integument. This integument is burst asunder. The knell of capitalist private property sounds. The expropriators are expropriated.

Junk food, empty calories and carbs are the Big Data of the masses