"We can in the foreseeable future, develop macroscopic assessments of our social order, predict our future and put social processes under control.

I am reasonably convinced that social technology can be developed so that it would be possible to gain considerable control over many societal processes.

American social science has been geared to meet the needs of the ruling elites.

The literature of social accounting can be thus viewed as an ideology which justifies the emergence of a new ruling class that will provide "objective", "scientific" and non-ideological advice to the "rulers" of society." - Michael Springer 1970, Social Indicators, Social Reports and Social Accounts: Toward the Management of Society

"Our current trajectory is leading us into an extreme form of simulacrum where our experiences detach entirely from any connection to reality - even our most intimate personal relationships are increasingly shaped through lenses of reality television, consumerism, counseling, and commodification." - Liam Campbell

"The social forms and institutions of nonaggressive cultures positively reinforce acts that benefit the group as a whole while negatively reinforcing acts (and eliminating goals) that harm some members of the group.

The social forms of aggressive cultures reward actions that emphasize individual gain, even when that gain harms others in the community." - Ruth Benedict