Innocence and optimism have one basic failing: they have no fundamental depth. Charles A. Reich More Quotes by Charles A. Reich More Quotes From Charles A. Reich There is a revolution coming. It will not be like revolutions of the past. It will originate with the individual and with culture . . . Charles A. Reich revolution culture past Technology and production can be great benefactors of man, but they are mindless instruments, and if undirected they careen along with a momentum of their own. In our country, they pulverize everything in their path - the landscape, the natural environment. Charles A. Reich technology men country The great crime of our time, says Vonnegut, was to do too much good secretly, too much harm openly. Charles A. Reich crime harm too-much The corporate state is an immensely powerful machine, ordered, legalistic, rational, yet utterly out of human control, wholly and perfectly indifferent to any human values. Charles A. Reich machines states powerful What we do not understand, we cannot control. Charles A. Reich Technology has deprived the family of almost all its functions. Charles A. Reich deprived function technology Surely this new age is not a repudiation of, but a fulfillment of, the American dream. What were the machines for, unless to give man a new freedom to choose how he would live? Charles A. Reich dream giving men Perhaps the greatest and least visible form of impoverishment caused by the Corporate State is the destruction of community. Charles A. Reich destruction community states there is every reason to fear that the State is growing ever more powerful, more autonomous, more indifferent to its own inhabitants. Charles A. Reich growing powerful reason The American dream was not, at least at the beginning, a rags-to-riches type of narrow materialism. Charles A. Reich rags riches dream The crucial fact to realize about all the powerful machinery of the Corporate State - its laws, structure, political system - is that it possesses no mind. Charles A. Reich political powerful law America is dealing death, not only to people of other lands, but to its own people. So say the most thoughtful and passionate of our youth, from California to Connecticut. Charles A. Reich thoughtful california land One cannot sell anything to a satisfied man. Ergo, make him want something new, or take away something that he has and then sell him something to take its place. Charles A. Reich want-something something-new men Organizations are not really "owned" by anyone. What formerly constituted ownership was split up into stockholders' rights to share in profits, management's power to set policy, employees' right to status and security, government's right to regulate. Thus older forms of wealth were replaced by new forms. Charles A. Reich government organization rights Once a person reaches Consciousness III, there is no returning to a lower consciousness. Charles A. Reich consciousness persons No person's gain in wisdom is diminished by anyone else's gain. Charles A. Reich gains persons One of the problems with fame is they try to pigeonhole you... like I'm stuck with The Greening of America for the rest of my life. Charles A. Reich problem trying america Our history shows that what we must do is assert domination over the machine, to guide it so that it works for the values of our choice. Charles A. Reich machines guides choices One of the most clearly marked trends for over twenty years has been the decline in civil liberties. Charles A. Reich liberty twenties years The presumed causes of Americas troubles can be summed up simply: the evils of unlimited competition, and abuses by those with economic power. Charles A. Reich abuse competition evil
