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Life in Capitalism? By Punkerslut
If I were living off the land, thousands of years ago, the value of every object would be justifiable. I could hold the spear I carved, and I would automatically equate it with the hours and the toil in making in. In the time in gathering supplies and constructing. And, were I to feel another spear, I would make a similar evaluation. The struggle in achieving greatness, in accomplishing something -- it would be immediately clear to me. But living in Capitalism, all achievement is artificial. Whether I could be an innovative mathematician or a creative artist -- a logical engineer or a brilliant poet -- these do not depend on me, as the individual. It depends on the market potential for the service or commodity I offer, and whether a Capitalist wants to risk it. From Bonaventura Cavalieri, John Wallis, James Gregory, to Isaac Newton, all major mathematicians were basically born into universities. They each were funded by the economic and social powers, and had to appease those who lifted them up. Great mathematicians may go to the grave without publishing a single formula; but it is the will of an economy that is directed by the passions and prejudices of the Capitalist class. In Capitalism, your life achievements are meaningless and hollow. The conditions that determine how high you climb, or how low you fall, are all determined by the lusts and cravings of those who own the means of production. What you do doing your job, what energies are spent on, whether you compete, cooperate, accomplish, or fail -- these are not determined by your personal abilities. The outcome rests largely in how the social order and economy are organized, and the aim and end is always according to the interests of Capitalists. You could've really contributed something unique to civilization, you could have genuinely advanced humanity as a whole -- but instead, you're dancing like a puppet. You swing, you miss, you laugh, you cry, you succeed, and you fail; or, you're promoted, and then laid off. Your happiness expands and shrinks, just another muscle that sacrifices and submits for the profit of Capitalists. What your life consists of is in how you work, value yourself, and interact with society. All of these things are necessarily controlled by the masters of industry. Five hundred years ago, that was the noble class, but today, it is the Capitalist class. If you want to liberate yourself, to become fully independent of their strings, you need to resist! As a single, solitary worker, you cannot demand anything from your boss. No matter how high or low, there are always armies of unemployed and underemployed. Any demand you make from your boss is shadowed by the millions in the same position begging for that job. There is no control over this social relationship if you approach your boss as one worker. You must approach the capitalist together! Workers in one business can unionize and strike for improved conditions, better pay, and work organized as the workers want. When all workers of an industry are organized, we can start demanding better things: more jobs on vacant and promising land, stricter environmental regulations, or prohibition of commodities made in foreign sweatshops. We can get political prisoners out of jail, or seriously cripple a war effort, or reclaim the land as a common heritage. But to realize our potential, we must organize into unions, and prepare for the strikes, boycotts, and direct actions that lay ahead! Punkerslut,
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