{"id":1662,"date":"2014-10-08T10:03:16","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T15:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=1662"},"modified":"2014-10-08T10:05:07","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T15:05:07","slug":"poem-capitalism-perfected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/08\/poem-capitalism-perfected\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Capitalism Perfected"},"content":{"rendered":"

Capitalism perfected<\/strong>
\n Wear every won<\/strong>
\n Cells their soul<\/strong>
\n And when<\/strong>
\n Every body<\/strong>
\n No’s that<\/strong>
\n They have<\/strong>
\n A fare price<\/strong>
\n For dreams fabricated<\/strong>
\n And nightmares awoken<\/strong><\/p>\n

This poem’s title has\u00a0a misleading title which implies that capitalism can be perfected. The twist in the rest of the poem is that it\u00a0rebukes the illusion that capitalism can fulfill our dreams, free our souls, or save us from our nightmares feared.\u00a0 Instead of settling on a fair price in selling our souls (even if it reaps a profit of the whole world), we must reject this false reality and accept the fare, the cost, the price, of a higher way, which can preserve and nourish our souls.\u00a0 The comedian and social commentator, George Carlin, once said, “They call it the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.”\u00a0 Waking up to the pricelessness of our souls is the foundation of an architecture and arc of living that money cannot buy.\u00a0 Saying “No” to capitalism, the reduction of human values to monetary terms, is a worthy start to life as a free range human being.\u00a0 Returning money to a mere convenience for exchange of goods and services and toppling money and the “economy” from their god-like status are prerequisites for a flourishing humanity.\u00a0 Humans should not be domesticated around the needs of money or the “economy.”\u00a0 A properly ordered life is one where money serves humans, not humans serving money.\u00a0 Whenever there is a conflict between humans and the things that money can buy, people should come first — not including corporate persons!\u00a0 As Jesus so aptly put it, “You can’t serve both God and money.”\u00a0 Capitalism perfected is capitalism put in its place, firmly at the feet of humanity, never to rise above the least of human beings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Capitalism perfected Wear every won Cells their soul And when Every body No’s that They have A fare price For dreams fabricated And nightmares awoken This poem’s title has\u00a0a misleading title which implies that capitalism can be perfected. 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