Actually, the New Deal's central dedication was to business recovery rather than social reform.

Just as the power of the feudal aristocracy had to be broken in order for capitalism to emerge fully, so must imperialism and capitalism in Third World nations be overcome if a new system is to prevail.

People who think they're free in this world just haven't come to the end of their leash yet.

Generosity toward the lower classes historically has never been an important part of upper-class awareness.

The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks, with luxury items for the few and toxic slag heaps for the many. The glittering mansion overlooks a vast sprawl of shanty towns, wherein a desperate, demoralized humanity is kept in line with drugs, television, and armed force.

You don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day.

Apathy's a problem but who cares?