How false was the order that we were living in!

In the modern world there is a virus that we call “order”. This determines our whole personality, with our emotions, thoughts, behaviour, and even beliefs. It is a virus that does not kill, but corrupts. It hides itself, yet manages everything in our lives. It is within ourselves, but by making us drunk, it blinds our awareness. This virus is capitalism.

The virus of capitalism makes us so blind, that while it is the politician who takes the value of the worker’s labour and gives it to the capitalist, it is the worker that keeps the very same politician in its position. Labourers, fooled by the virus, support capital with the value they create, as well as the pro-capitalist politics, through the crowds at the ballot box.

If this virus that killed millions in the wars of redivision, or in local conflicts, that benefit the imperialists; if it enabled friends to appear as enemies due to the unimaginable greed in their daily lives, then perhaps the biological virus, that has separated all of us and shut us into our homes, may provide an opportunity to rethink the meaning of life and the purpose of this system. Maybe we should be thankful, as this is the only way that the ignorant mind can comprehend!

Let us take a look at a striking statement by one of today's prominent economists:

I am Capitalism and Steve Jobs was, of course, a very important person as he was highly successful at producing the machines, that only the top 1% needed, in the third world countries using cheap labour…

Of course, all capitalists will speak like "saints", just like Bill Gates — a saint who lives in a $150 million 66,000 square meter house!

I am Capitalism and because of me relatives have drawn bloody knives at each other over inheritance quarrels. While 20 million children die of starvation every year, you are sweating over a treadmill to melt your excess fat!

I am Capitalism and because of me there are 600 million obese and 1.4 billion hungry people in the world!

I am Capitalism and I am calling out to women! Before you start thinking about fact that you are being objectified, make sure to run to Victoria’s Secret, which has now also added Turkey onto its list of countries. I guarantee you’ll be very happy after paying $80 for a piece of lingerie no bigger than your palm.

I am Capitalism and Madonna has eight houses in London alone, all of which would be big enough to provide shelter for 600 homeless people.

I am Capitalism and a child worker in the Disney factory in Thailand needs to work for 55 days to save enough money to get an entry ticket for Disneyland.

I am Capitalism and you love diamonds. In India, 1 million people earn $1.2 a day whilst mining those diamonds.

I convinced the world that blond women are beautiful, so 300 million women on the Asian continent regularly use bleaching soap.

I am Capitalism and 64% of the Hollywood stars you admire are addicted to cocaine.

I am Capitalism, and while 20 million children die of starvation every year, you are ashamed to wear the same T-shirt twice a week.

I am Capitalism and I have succeeded again! I convinced all women that they have nothing to wear, even though their wardrobes are full.

50% of the world's population has 1% of the world's resources and wealth. 1% of the world population has 50% of the world's resources and wealth.

85% of Americans say they will elect a fascist government if it would improve their economic situation. This is the power of capital!

How strange is it that with your own hands you establish a state that does not allow you to be free, that censors your ideas, and eventually kills you with a police bullet? How strange is it that you provide the money with your own taxes to enable a state to break your jaw and nose, and then throw you in jail?

How funny it is to forget that you are all addicts, while feeling sorry for addicts like Amy Winehouse!

It is not about going out to the squares and getting beaten up, or going to jail, but what does the ballot box stand for then? If nothing else, at least could it not be a sign?

(Translated by Dilan Sezgin)