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Cyberwave
9th July 2010, 20:28
Read it here! (http://theredstarvanguard.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/how-capitalism-is-making-us-sick-part-one/)

Hurray for shameless self-promotional, oh yes. This is part one (out of I'm not sure how many yet) of an article I'm writing on how capitalism is causing us "sickness" and in itself is similar to a disease. This article is more on the practice of capitalism, but the next will be more on theory. Any comments, suggestions, criticism, and so forth are welcome, as this is the first major political thing I've written.


Capitalism is a system of sheer perversion and degeneration. It is merely a sickly and obese man, vomiting over the people he tramples upon making them sick, all the while claiming he is in perfect health. Where there is privatize ownership there is disease. Where there is wage labor there is disease. Capitalism has hurt us physically through obesity, drugs, and starvation, as well as mentally through harmful and false perceptions of reality and freedom. Therefore the socialists arise to put the old bastard Capitalism out of his misery and to end his long tyrannical reign over the people who he has made sick; the socialists are healers of diseases such as imperialism, exploitation, alienation, and all the despicable rancor the Capitalist has spread.

Kuppo Shakur
10th July 2010, 00:17
I like the metaphor, very applicable and appropriate.
However, it seems a bit too personifying for my tastes. I think capitalism should be seen in a more abstract light, rather than to making the conflict look like socialism Vs. "The Capitalist".

Cyberwave
10th July 2010, 00:47
I like the metaphor, very applicable and appropriate.
However, it seems a bit too personifying for my tastes. I think capitalism should be seen in a more abstract light, rather than to making the conflict look like socialism Vs. "The Capitalist".

Then we can perhaps make it freedom versus exploitation? :P

It does get more literal and concrete as it gets further into itself.

El Rojo
11th July 2010, 11:25
this is extreamely good stuff, im gonna read it in depth again later. if only we could distribute it somehow!

Cyberwave
11th July 2010, 18:11
this is extreamely good stuff, im gonna read it in depth again later. if only we could distribute it somehow!

I've seen it pasted on a few other blogs. So long as a link is given back to our original you are free to distribute it any way you please. Glad you like it, Comrade.

mrbill
11th July 2010, 20:03
Capitalism is turning this country into the FSA and away from being the USA.


:( :confused:

pdcrofts
12th July 2010, 21:30
You have put some good imagery and interesting metaphors in there. You should also post this in the Creative Writing Thread, perhaps, where budding writers would appreciate it.

Cyberwave
13th July 2010, 06:28
You have put some good imagery and interesting metaphors in there. You should also post this in the Creative Writing Thread, perhaps, where budding writers would appreciate it.

Thanks, mate.

Part Two is up now as well! (http://theredstarvanguard.wordpress.com/)