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"One can't understand the Christian Right and similar movements unless one sees them as reactive - they're reacting to what they call secular humanism."
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"In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state."
"There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes the handling of these values in the churches is mainly the heavier dosage of religious vocabulary involved."
"Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market economy, but you can have a market economy without democracy."
"Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one can understand that society much better by comparing it with others."
"If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would say yes."
"But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world."
"Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which perhaps in the long run may lead to democracy."
"When certain branches of the economy become obsolete, as in the case of the steel industry, not only do jobs disappear, which is obviously a terrible social hardship, but certain cultures also disappear."
"I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations like bowling leagues. But people participate in communities in other ways."
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