14 Quotes by Nathan J. Robinson

Ironically, the [monopolistic] concentration of capital means that one of the great fears about socialism - that decisions about what to sell would be made by small, unelected groups of bureaucrats, rather than determined by competition - is increasingly coming true under capitalism.

The truth is: political reality changes quickly, so it's best to pick the things you want to see happen, and do your best to try to make them happen.

The free market is not necessarily free. Whether people are free depends not just on whether they own themselves, but whether others have power over them in practice.

Equality doesn't mean ensuring everybody is the same, it means making sure some people don't get godlike power to determine the fates of others.

There's a left-wing slogan that says, 'If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention.' Like all slogans, it has lost its meaning with overuse. But it expresses something profoundly important: It is only possible to be comfortable if we accept things as they are without questioning them. Once you start paying attention, once you start looking closely at the world, outrage is not just reasonable but inescapable.

A commitment to expanding democracy is at the core of all good socialist thinking. Democracy is the principle that people ought to have a say over decisions that affect them, and that they should be in control of their own lives rather than being subjected to the wishes of powerful economic and political elites.

Values like fairness, democracy, and wisdom all disappear. Instead, everything becomes quantified, and market values predominate. This is neoliberalism: what happens depends on the market and almost nothing else.

Part of the core socialist commitment involves insisting on pressing forward even when you're being told your goals are unachievable.

Community is not valued in a society like this. Money rules absolutely.