This is not an ideological diatribe. This is real. And this is true: the profit system has indeed failed us both before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is good to say this straight and clear.
People, now all over the world, are suffering and even dying because of an aggressive virus which has spread seemingly without warning.
Now comes word from PBS's Newshour that America may indeed see actual starvation before the Covid-19 pandemic is over, which may not be for another year to eighteen months.
Is this the America we know? Is this even a civilized society?
But where does it all start? Is it not possible, just possible, that it is the desire for power, self-aggrandizement, and wealth which has led to cut-backs in needed items such as protective equipment and ventilators? For if I, a business owner, want to make the maximum profit, would I tend to look the other way when workers suffer -- especially if my company is big and my workers are anonymous to me?
It is time for us to bid the profit system a well-deserved good-bye. And as soon as possible.
The title of this post and certain material in it were inspired by "Good-Bye, Profit System," by Eli Siegel. Definition Press.
People, now all over the world, are suffering and even dying because of an aggressive virus which has spread seemingly without warning.
Now comes word from PBS's Newshour that America may indeed see actual starvation before the Covid-19 pandemic is over, which may not be for another year to eighteen months.
Is this the America we know? Is this even a civilized society?
But where does it all start? Is it not possible, just possible, that it is the desire for power, self-aggrandizement, and wealth which has led to cut-backs in needed items such as protective equipment and ventilators? For if I, a business owner, want to make the maximum profit, would I tend to look the other way when workers suffer -- especially if my company is big and my workers are anonymous to me?
It is time for us to bid the profit system a well-deserved good-bye. And as soon as possible.
The title of this post and certain material in it were inspired by "Good-Bye, Profit System," by Eli Siegel. Definition Press.
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