Capitalism Has Got Us Where It Wants Us
<p>M<strong>ost of us</strong> reading this have no doubt benefitted from Capitalism. We’re probably sitting in a warm, dry house or room, staring at a good to moderate computer system. We’ve probably got a coffee close by, and in about two hours, we’ll probably have some lunch.</p>
<p>This is my setup anyway, and yes, I’m very, very lucky! I’m the product of thousands of years of colonial exploitation, both at home and abroad, by my country.</p>
<p>I’m British, and at one time — as the saying goes — the sun never set on the British Empire. Unless you were a slave that is. Then it rose and set before and after you started your hellish day picking cotton or sugar for the companies that built it.</p>
<p>Fast-forward 300 years, and this is the reason I’m able to sit here in relative comfort and write these words. This is a fact. I accept it, but I’m not proud of it. And like the slaves, I’ll never get out of it, even if I wanted to.</p>
<p>Many might argue, why would you? You’ve got it all — you’re lucky. You’re free! It’s a fair point. But is that it? Just because I’m the product of years of exploitation, does that mean I should sit on my ass and simply accept it?</p>
<p>I don’t have children, so I can’t pass on this wisdom that they should be grateful. I could, of course, tell them that they should do something about it. Fight the cause! But what if they started asking me some awkward questions, like</p>
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