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internalize the system’s rules and imperatives

Indeed, some capitalists come to internalize the system’s rules and imperatives. They define themselves and mold their personalities in conformity with the behaviors imposed on them as capitalists. So it may seem and be said—even by capitalists themselves—that they are greedy or have other characte…

—p.92 Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism The Major Problems of Private Capitalisms (87) by Richard D. Wolff
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the system is the problem

“Criminals” are another rogue actor blamed for capitalism’s cycles. The mass media and appropriate authorities routinely denounce those illegally gaming the system: the underpaid secretary who embezzles, the insider trader who makes illegal profits, the syndicates that run whole industries or citie…

—p.50 Capitalism and Crises (19) by Richard D. Wolff
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workers would become their own collective bosses

Such a reorganization of workplaces, coupled with the institutionalization of democratic codetermination, would effectively end capitalism. It would mark yet another milestone in human history, following the earlier transitions out of slavery and feudalism as organizations of production. The disapp…

—p.13 Introduction (1) by Richard D. Wolff
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