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The core of the Marxist critique of capitalism is that although the individual capitalist is rational (as liberals assume), the capitalist system itself is irrational.

— Robert Gilpin The Political Economy of International Relations (1987)

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Japanese refer to Europe as a "museum" and America as a "farm."

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