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"Far from being materialistic, the capitalist system is an idealistic world based on credit. It is for precisely this reason that it always harbors the possibility of crisis."

"In fact, what Marx called communism hardly differs from what Kant called “the kingdom of ends.” It is, in other words, a society in which you treat any other “always at the same time as an end and never merely as a means to an end.”"

"It was Hegel, in his 'Philosophy of Right', who rst explicated capital, nation, and state as a mutually interrelated system."

"In my view, the situation that Fukuyama called “the end of history” means that once this Capital-Nation-State form is realized, any subsequent fundamental revolution is impossible. "

"Capital- Nation-State (...) is a mutually complementary apparatus. For example, a capitalist economy allowed to take its own course will inevitably result in economic inequality and conflict. But the nation, as something that intends communality and equality, will seek to resolve the various contradictions and inequalities introduced by the capitalist system. The state in turn realizes this intention".