The Typical Citizen Drops Down

The Perennial Gale Of Creative Destruction

The Capitalist Engine Is First And Last An Engine Of Mass Production Which Unavoidably Also Means Production For The Masses. . . . It Is The Cheap Cloth, The Cheap Cotton And Rayon Fabric, Boots, Motorcars And So On That Are The Typical Achievements Of Capitalist Production, And Not As A Rule Improvements That Would Mean Much To The Rich Man. Queen Elizabeth Owned Silk Stockings. The Capitalist Achievement Does Not Typically Consist In Providing More Silk Stockings For Queens But In Bringing Them Within Reach Of Factory Girls.

Creative Destruction Is The Essential Fact About Capitalism.

Democracy Is A Political Method, That Is To Say, A Certain Type Of Institutional Arrangement For Arriving At Political — Legislative And Administrative — Decisions And Hence Incapable Of Being An End In Itself.

The First Thing A Man Will Do For His Ideals Is Lie.