“The struggle between the opponents and defenders of capitalism is a struggle between innovators who do not know what innovation to make and conservatives who do not know what to conserve.”

—  Simone Weil

Source: Simone Weil : An Anthology (1986), The Power of Words (1937), p. 233

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French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist 1909–1943

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