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Capitalism attacks and destroys all the finer sentiments of the human heart; it ruthlessly sweeps away old traditions and ideas opposed to its progress, and it exploits and corrupts those things once held sacred.

Daniel De Leon

As a poodle may have his hair cut long or his hair cut short, as he may be trimmed with pink ribbons or with blue ribbons, yet he remains the same old poodle, so capitalism may be trimmed with factory laws, tenement laws, divorce laws and gambling laws, but it remains the same old capitalism. These humanitarian parts are only trimming the poodle. Socialism, one and inseparable with its antirent and anticapital parts, means to get rid of the poodle.

Daniel De Leon

The capitalist class is interested in keeping the workingmen divided among themselves. Hence it foments race and religious animosities that come down from the past.

Daniel De Leon

Make no mistake: The organization of the working class must be both economic and political. The capitalist is organized upon both lines. You must attack him on both.

Daniel De Leon

Daniel De Leon

Daniel De Leon

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Born: December 14, 1852

Died: May 11, 1914 (aged 61)

Bio: Daniel De Leon was an American socialist newspaper editor, politician, Marxist theoretician, and trade union organizer.

Known for:

The Vatican in Politics: Ultramontanism
Marx on Mallock Or Facts Vs. Fiction

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