Could be wrong but I believe it was Lenin, and the quote was more like "A
capitalist will sell you on Tuesday the rope with which you plan
to hang him on Friday." Probably inexact, however, nevertheless...
All best wishes/SB
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On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, [iso-8859-1] "Cordell, Arthur: #ECOM - COMÉ" wrote:
> Who was it that said, 'a capitalist will sell you the rope that you later
> use to hang him' ?
>
> I thought it was Engels, but can't find the source.
>
> The quote, though, shows the problem. One of greed and lack of long term
> attention to enlightened self interest.
>
> I guess Lord Acton also said it, but in a different way, 'power corrupts,
> absolute power corrupts absolutely.'
>
> The key is balance.
>
> arthur
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> From: Timework Web
> To: Ed Weick
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: torn
> Date: Sunday, December 05, 1999 10:10AM
>
>
> It isn't capital that is the source of the problem, it is the political
> resistance of capitalists to resolving the contradictions of capitalism
> that is the source of the problem. What is intolerable to me is that the
> more we acquire the means of actually solving some of the big problems the
> more strenuously do the vested interest gate-keepers refuse to employ
> them for humane ends. Why? Because it would interfere with THEIR
> individual sovereignty. What has evolved over the 20th century should no
> longer properly be called capitalism, because it isn't so much the
> ownership of productive capital that confers power but the highly
> capitalized manipulation of images, public opinion and political
> influence. I call it Postumism because C.W. Post, the cereal tycoon,
> pioneered the scale of deceptive advertising and political bullying on
> which modern political economy stands.
>
> http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/postum.txt
>
> On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Ed Weick wrote:
>
> > Is capital and its owners, the capitalists, really responsible for the
> sorry
> > state of the world?
>
> Tom Walker
> TimeWork Web
> http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/worksite.htm
>
