I am not quite sure what the advantage is in having a few more dollars to spend if the air is too dirty to breathe, the water too polluted to drink, the commuters are losing out in the struggle to get in and out of the city, the streets are filthy, and the schools so bad that the young perhaps wisely stay away, and the hoodlums roll citizens for some of the dollars they saved in the tax cut. ~John Kenneth GalbraithCUL
Related SMS:
- I think we risk becoming the best
I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance. ......
- One of the misfortunes our time is
One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame,......
- Our modern society is engaged in polishing
Our modern society is engaged in polishing and decorating the cage in which man is......
- Our democratic capitalist society has converted eros
Our democratic capitalist society has converted Eros into an employee of Mammon. ~Octavio Paz...
- I think gods going to come down
I think God’s going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding. ~Steven WrightMCDD...
- Its a sad and stupid thing to
It’s a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to......
- Itll be a great day when education
It’ll be a great day when education gets all the money it wants and the......
- The trouble with the rat race is
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a......
- Are right and wrong convertible terms dependant
Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion? ~William Lloyd Garrison...
- A people that values its privileges above
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower,......
- Few great men could pass personnel paul
Few great men could pass Personnel. ~Paul Goodman, Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in......
- Youre obliged to pretend respect for people
You’re obliged to pretend respect for people and institutions you think absurd. You live attached......
- There is no hope for a civilization
There is no hope for a civilization which starts each day to the sound of......
- The time is ripe and rotten ripe for
The time is ripe, and rotten-ripe, for change. ~Lowell...
- The danger of the past was that
The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future......
- When people go to work they shouldnt
When people go to work, they shouldn’t have to leave their hearts at home. ~Betty......
- Widespread caffeine use explains a lot about
Widespread caffeine use explains a lot about the twentieth century. ~Greg Egan, "Distress"...
- Oh for the good old days when
Oh, for the good old days when people would stop Christmas shopping when they ran......
- Where is the wisdom we have lost
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have......
- Mammalia npl a family of vertebrate animals
Mammalia, n.pl. A family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle......
- You cant make up anything anymore the
You can’t make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you’re doing......
- The trouble with our age is that
The trouble with our age is that it is all signposts and no destination. ~The......
- We have produced a world of contented
We have produced a world of contented bodies and discontented minds. ~Adam Clayton Powell, Keep......
- The world has achieved brilliance without conscience
The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. ~Omar Bradley...
- Being human in our modern civilization is
Being human in our modern civilization is being forced into a boxing ring with Nature. ......
- We are living in a world today
We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and......
- The thoughts of plato and machiavelli dont
The thoughts of Plato and Machiavelli… don’t seem quite enough armor for a world beset......
- The trouble with our times is that
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to......
- Most people are willing to pay more
Most people are willing to pay more to be amused than to be educated. ~Robert......
- Food water shelter air sleep societal inflation
Food. Water. Shelter. Air. Sleep. Societal inflation has expanded need into greed. Suddenly the basic......
- Everybody gets so much information all day
Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. ~Gertrude......
- You taught me to be nice so
You taught me to be nice, so nice that now I am so full of......
- Unhappy is a people that has run
Unhappy is a people that has run out of words to describe what is going......
- Fame is proof that the people are
Fame is proof that the people are gullible. ~Ralph Waldo EmersonPMB...
- I believe that one of the great
I believe that one of the great problems for us as individuals is the depression......
- So long as all the increased wealth
So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings goes but to build......
- The world is so dreadfully managed one
The world is so dreadfully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain. ~Ronald FirbankPCR...
- Depressed of course were all depressed weve
Depressed? Of course we’re all depressed. We’ve been so quickly, violently, and irreconcilably plucked from......
- Failure seems to be regarded as the
Failure seems to be regarded as the one unpardonable crime, success as the all-redeeming virtue,......
- What they sell to the masses are
What they sell to the masses are the chains you must break if you are......
- The tragedy of it is that nobody
The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face. ......
- Armaments universal debt and planned obsolescence
Armaments, universal debt and planned obsolescence – those are the three pillars of Western prosperity. ......
- People havent time to learn anything they
People haven’t time to learn anything. They buy things ready-made in stores. But since there......
- I never expected to see the day
I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places......
- Society is always engaged in a vast
Society is always engaged in a vast conspiracy to preserve itself – at the expense......
- Information and communications technology unlocks the value
Information and communications technology unlocks the value of time, allowing and enabling multi-tasking, multi-channels, multi-this......
- If living conditions dont stop improving in
If living conditions don’t stop improving in this country, we’re going to run out of......
- The devil seldom leads people astray anymore
I was talking to t[T]he devil… the other day, and he told me that he......
- It is one of the maladies our
It is one of the maladies of our age to profess a frenzied allegiance to......
- History assures us that civilizations decay quite
[H]istory assures us that civilizations decay quite leisurely. ~Will and Ariel Durant, Lessons of HistorySH...
- Society is now one polishd horde formed
Society is now one polish’d horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored.......
- Information should be used as food for
Information should be used as food for thought, not poison to the soul. ~Shellie R.......
- The things that are wrong with the
The things that are wrong with the country today are the sum total of all......
- Punishment is now unfashionable because it creates
Punishment is now unfashionable… because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic......
- It is not that artistic power has
It is not that artistic power has left the world but that a more rapid......
- The three horrors of modern life
The three horrors of modern life – talk without meaning, desire without love, work without......
- Most of our diversions do not so
Most of our diversions do not so much delay death as accustom us to it. ......
- Once the xerox copier was invented private
Once the Xerox copier was invented, private diplomacy died. There’s no such thing as secrecy. ......
- In nature there are neither rewards nor
In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. ~Robert Greene Ingersoll, "The......
- The object of life is not to
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but......
- Weve taken the world apart but we
We’ve taken the world apart but we have no idea what to do with the......
- Noise crowding pollution and the sheer rush
Noise, crowding, pollution, and the sheer rush of our complex, modern society are rapidly becoming......
- The public is hedged about by so
The public is hedged about by so many goddam bookkeepers that no time is left......
- We have smothered ourselves buried in the
We have smothered ourselves, buried ourselves, in the vast heap of information which all of......
- If some people got their rights they
If some people got their rights they would complain of being deprived of their wrongs. ......
- Society honors its living conformists and dead
Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers. ~Mignon McLaughlin...
- Any society that needs disclaimers has too
Any society that needs disclaimers has too many lawyers. ~Erik Pepke...
- The human races prospects of survival were
The human race’s prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers......
- You make me sick are offered meat
You make me sick! You are offered meat and you choose a banana-split-with-nuts. ~Martin H.......
- American youth attributes much more importance to
American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver’s-license age than at voting age. ......
- You can find your way across this
You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator......
- No matter what happens somebody will find
No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously. ~Dave......
- Its difficult to view the world outside
It’s difficult to view the world outside our human context. Staying alive and paying the......
- My meaningless office job they pay me
My meaningless office job: they pay me for my body and mind, but my heart......
- Formerly when religion was strong and science
Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when......
- There comes a time when woman needs
There comes a time when a woman needs to stop thinking about her looks and......
- In the lifetime of one person we
In the lifetime of one person, we went from figuring out where we came from......
- Death is losing its terror it the
Death is losing its terror. It is the emergency exit for a world that is......
- Somehow among all our use of antibiotic
Somehow among all our use of antibiotic medicine and antibacterial soap our souls are becoming......
- Science is now the craft of manipulation
Science is now the craft of the manipulation, substitution and deflection of the forces of......
- When gandhi was asked what he thought
When Gandhi was asked what he thought of Western civilization, he said, "It would be......
- On an average day 7 minutes of
On an average day 7 minutes of news happens. Yet there are currently three full-time,......
- Social reform aims to improve the condition
Social reform aims to improve the condition of the poor by worsening the condition of......
- Jefferson thought schools would produce free men
Jefferson thought schools would produce free men: we prove him right by putting dropouts in......
- If our american way of life fails
If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all. ~Pearl S.......
- br /
In this prostituting society, we all have to hustle, and
In this prostituting society, we all have to hustle, and I’d rather suck cock than......
- We have a system that increasingly taxes
We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork. ~Milton Friedman...