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Marx
>ask a man who he is, and he will answer you thusly: First he will say his name, then his homeland, and finally he will state his occupation. He is a prisoner defined by his sentence to hard-labour. Look too at our very names! Smith, Baker, Taylor, Clark; so entrenched is this ideology that it scores our very identity, a brand on prized cattle. What then of man not defined by his yoke? By the whip of his master?
>each man has a particular, exclusive sphere of activity, which is forced upon him and from which he cannot escape. [...] it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticise after dinner, just as I have a mind, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, herdsman or critic. - The German Ideology
Weber
>the bourgeoisie, possessed by the spirit of capitalism, labours hollowly for a creed long dead
>today the spirit of religious asceticism—whether finally, who knows—has escaped from the cage. [...] the idea of duty in one's calling prowls about in our lives like the ghost of dead religious beliefs. - Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Smith
>Though unseen, the heavy-hand of the market grips man by the nape
>He intends only his own gain, and he is, in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was not part of his intention - The Wealth of Nations
Mandeville
>a buzzing bee in a grumbling hive with no queen
>The Grumbling Hive: or, Knaves turn'd Honest - The Fable of the Bees
Aristotle
>Tripods of Hephaestus service man’s every whim
>For if every instrument could accomplish its own work, obeying or anticipating the will of others, like the statues of Daedalus, or the tripods of Hephaestus, [...] if, in like manner, the shuttle would weave and the plectrum touch the lyre without a hand to guide them, chief workmen would not want servants, nor masters slaves. - The Politics
Malthus
>Man lives in the midst of plenty, but still cannot share alike the bounties of nature
>Man cannot live in the midst of plenty. All cannot share alike the bounties of nature. - Essay Concerning the Principle of Population
Rousseau
>vile slaves who smile mockingly in the presence of freedom.
>Base souls have no belief in great men; vile slaves smile in mockery at the name of liberty - Social Contract
Lenin
>What is to be done?
>What is to be done? - What is to be done?