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Capitalism in Australia
Who are we and why do we behave this way?
Michael Moore asks,
what is the price
that America pays
for its love of Capitalism?
Have we become
slaves to
our own ‘needs and wants’?
A love affair gone astray.
Lies, abuse, betrayal…
14,000 jobs being lost every day
A new catchy song about cheap bargains?
We just love to hear it,
again and again.
Do you need a car?
Maybe a new garment?
What about a fancy place to stay?
Their owners just run away.
They sleep on the street
with a dozen kids to feed.
But don't worry,
this place is a bargain.
Just a few hundred to pay…
Families pay their price
with their jobs,
with their cars,
with their homes,
with their cards…
“Credit or savings?
We take it all.
Just give us your money
and then leave our bank.
If you don’t have it,
just wait for the LAW”..
A new catchy song about cheap bargains?
We love to hear it.
We love to buy it.
We just love to spend,
again and again.
Are we becoming
our own ‘needs and wants’
modern slaves?
Who are we and why do we behave this way?
Michael Moore asks.
The most feared ‘doco’ guy.
In his baseball cap,
He attacks ‘corporates’
and makes big money doing that,
but this is what America is all about -
free enterprise.
At least he makes us THINK
or at least
we are ENTERTAINED.
Capitalism, I understand.
I live here now,
Socialism, I understood,
I left it all behind.
And maybe later I'll tell you
WHY…
Who are we and why do we behave this way?
My grandfather kept asking all of his life why
his parents were ‘enemies of the state?'
They were just independent peasants,
who dared to own a piece of their own land.
Collectivization and Socialization, they did not understand. They ended up in prison. Their land was confiscated for the farm cooperative. They lost their only son too, at the end.
For my grandfather was not willing to end up
just like them. He spat in the face of his own parents. Calling them names, for not recognizing the inhuman conditions of the working class. For not wanting to sacrifice their land for their state.
The story of my grandfather, the story of the common man. Living in a Socialist state
with Communist ideals. The story of his time
is as pure as a drop of dew. Free of nobility and false disguise. Full of hard work for the common good, with little money in return.
He worked and worked with sweat and tears.
Singing communal songs, covered in dust. The life of a Slovak farmer without his own farm. His duty was always the same. He cared for the cooperative land, so that tasty bread could be made to satisfy the nation.
He bore this life on his shoulders. He had the alphabet of work and humility written on his face when he retired.
He was very poor and lonely at the time of his death. He thought before he died, about how miserable was his life, the inhuman conditions that he lived in and had fought all his life
to eradicate.
WHO ARE WE AND WHY DO WE BEHAVE THIS WAY?
Capitalism or Socialism -
both can be evil,
in their extremes,
if used by the humans
who lost their ‘human face’.
