The system has in it problems it is constantly struggling with because they are built into the system. Richard Wolff, interview Abby Martin, The Empire Files: How Capitalism is Killing Itself, Youtube 2016, Wolff
It’s as system disorder, and the system disorder seems to be fatal. Zeitgeist: Moving Forward, 2011
Efficiency, sustainability and preservation are the enemies of our economic system. ibid.
The system: an internal enemy that throws open the country’s doors to neo-colonial penetration. The Hour of the Furnaces ***** 1968
Why save this America? … It didn’t need to end up like this and it still doesn’t … We have to get rid of the whole rotten system that gave us Trump. Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 11/9, 2018
You cannot beat the faceless bastards. The system. Out II: Not Just Pennies, Ralph to Frank, ITV 1978
Democratic capitalism is the best system ever devised. George W Bush, cited The New York Times online 24 September 2008
But you’ve entered a world that doesn’t respect the establishment. A world where handshakes offer little protection against bullies. The Gold s1e6: I’ll be Remembered, Boyce to solicitor
I’m going up against systems … Those systems are powerful and they are dangerous … This is only the start. ibid. Boyce to bosses
The higher you go the better they hide. But they’re villains all the same and they’re scared. ibid. Boyce
Let them come and go in the dark. And we will hunt them in the light. ibid.
Why shouldn’t I? You put me here. Your corrupt system made me. They took my freedom and left me to rot in a cell for a crime I didn’t commit. A Town Called Malice s1e8: Living on a Payer, Cindy to rozzer, Sky 2022