Hello, I am Capitalism! I raised your little girls with Barbie dolls, so why are you surprised today when they ask you for money for cosmetic surgery! I created an endless industry for my interests! And I achieved what I wanted…Now most 17-year-old girls are not satisfied with their appearance
By Joseph Stiglitz
I am Capitalism! It only takes a woman 15 minutes to browse a fashion magazine and not like her body anymore. I am Capitalism. I have changed your perspective so much that the life story of a crooked CEO may seem like a “story of success and willpower” to you.
I am Capitalism! I am not at all afraid that I might be defeated in a world where the average person watches television for about 5.5 hours a day, doesn’t read books, and rarely goes to the theater or cinema.
I am Capitalism! Steve Jobs was definitely someone very important. In fact, he was very good at getting low-wage workers in Third World countries to produce machines that only the 1% needed. Of course all capitalists will talk like they were “saints”, just like philanthropist Bill Gates, a saint who lives in a 66.000 m2, 150 million dollar house.
I am Capitalism! Because of me, cousins are always fighting over inheritance. While 20 million children die of hunger every year, you sweat to melt away the fat on the running tracks.
I am Capitalism and thanks to me there are 600 million obese and 1.4 billion hungry people in the world!
I am Capitalism and a farmer who produces coffee for Starbucks, to buy a cup of coffee there he has to work three days!
I am capitalism and the “free market economy” is the biggest lie in the world. I am Capitalism and 24% of Americans say they are willing to disown their families if they had to become billionaires.
I am Capitalism and I appeal to women! Please run to Victoria Secret without thinking that you have become an object, I guarantee you will be very happy when you buy 80 dollars for a pair of underwear the size of a palm!
I am Capitalism and I went into ecstasy with delight when I heard that a 15-year-old kid sold his kidney to buy an iPad.
I am Capitalism and Madonna in London alone has 8 houses big enough to house 600 homeless people.
I am Capitalism and you die for jewelry, while in India 1 million people produce those jewelry for $1.2 a day. I made the world believe that blondes are more beautiful, which is why on the Asian continent, 300 million women regularly use bleaching shampoo.
I am Capitalism and 64% of those Hollywood stars you idolize are addicted to cocaine.
I am Capitalism and while 20 million children die of hunger a year, you are ashamed to wear the same shirt twice a week.
I am Capitalism and what holidays are you talking about, when the whole world “celebrates” simply by shopping and spending?
I am Capitalism and I did it again! I made women believe that they have nothing to wear despite having closets full of all kinds of clothes.
50% of the world’s population owns only 1% of the world’s resources and wealth. 1% of the world’s population owns 50% of the world’s resources and wealth.
I am Capitalism and the bankers are my sons. One last thing, the countries where you live are the executive committee of my affairs…!
(Excerpted from the book by Nobel Prize winner in economics, Joseph Stiglitz – “The Price of Inequality”)