Profits over People
Profits are down - Global financial crisis! That is the real concern facing the major money markets and Corporations around the world; everything is still the same except the ability to fleece customers’ money as much as last year!
A cynical point of view to be sure, but one that isn’t really far from the truth. In our culture where the bleeding heart of a home-owner can take the headlines on the national TV news - all because his ability to sell his house at the asking price isn’t happening - is a criminal waste of time and resources when more pressing issues like poverty, war and oppression need exposing to the masses.
The financial con-trick is spreading: food, fuel and utility prices are rocketing out of control with no apparent end to the profiteering in sight. As the days go by, more and more people are getting affected, but the power of the profit-margin is overwhelming all before it - the price of shares are deemed more important than the price of life!
Wars are fought in the name of the almighty dollar (Iraq), oil is the new currency with which to forcibly dictate how you deal with your trade partners. That example is being used with utility suppliers - Gas pipelines in Russia are being held hostage by over zealous owners forcing the extortional price-increases seemingly every month to its neighbouring countries.
Now that Governments have become vessels for privatised companies - to pillage the electorate of their bank accounts - there is no way back from capitalist mercenaries from running amok within all of our societies. Everyone is expected to do their part - so long as we all keep spending money then all is well in the world.
Has Planet Earth been entranced by commercialism? Comotose to the reality around us - our existence is eroding before us while the money-makers rape the Planet of its resources so the profits show well at the end of each financial year.
Don’t be fooled into thinking that the Governments care about you, they are only in it for what they can get - stocks and shares are what it is all about, not the common folk that are shuffling a long in their insignificant lives. We now have banks that get taken over or get a huge financial hand-out from Goverment, surely something is wrong with this picture? Who wouldn’t want to be involved in that business; the endless money pit of taxpayers’ money going into the pocket of shareholders!
Dare they ever pretend to care about the rest of us, it’ll be a strange day indeed if that day ever arrived. While we still suffer the constantly re-enforced threats of crime, war and terrorism they have us all right where they want us!