Truth Of A Capitalist World

Now what is it like to live in a world, where everyone seems so unaware of what’s really going on; a world where mass killings are transformed into mere capsules of news? Everything seems so bland and so tasteless, the daily goings of life, and in the grand scheme of things what are we but one insignificant human being. But this defeatist mentality is pointless, as I believe that we as humans have been given the most empowering effort of hope. Through hard labour one can always bear fruits, which literally translates through great effort comes great reward. Recently I have been going back and forth through repeating paradigm shifts, the grandiose ideals of socialism and the sweet pleasures of capitalism. I remember when I first read Karl Marx’s the communist manifesto; every page seemed to call to me, I was so enthralled by the books ideas. Reminiscent of Ginny Weasley reading Tom Riddle’s diary, every page seemed to whisper to me. Each page was like a new secret, and with each new secret, my eyes became ever more crimsoned red while staring at the evils of capitalism. Everywhere I saw excess, and everything became unfair. Almost every BlackBerry message I sent to any poor girl I talked to was plagued, with all my thoughts on how evil society was and how unfair things were. I had an argument for everything and everyone, and truthfully it was a god dammed good one. Whenever people ask how can you like socialism and, “how would you feel if you worked hard to become a doctor and a bum was to earn the same money as you?”. I simply replied with either the conservative answer “socialism would be perfect if there were infinite supplies” or if it’s a closer less judgmental friend maybe I would try to battle them in witty conversation to defeat their pre-programmed anti-socialist brains set up by Reagan and Thatcher in the 1980's. The true belief of socialism, the core that is at the foundation of all its values, is the belief that we as people all are equal, therefore should be afforded with equal chance and opportunity to live and be happy.  Now how can I say it’s fair that due to the luck of me being born into a family who happens to be financially blessed, I am getting an education? Many people simply do not have the same opportunities as I am blessed with. Now based on this perception of this world I began to develop the buy-back theory based on a family’s economic clout. Think about it as a poker game except some people have to try much harder to succeed. For example if you are from a poor family and you end up going to primary school where the teachers aren't of the highest quality, you will have to put in a lot more effort than a child in prep school in order to maintain the same standard of work.The thing is if you mess up you fail, and your whole life is sent on a downward spiral into a seemingly endless poverty trap that your children and your children’s children will be trapped in for seemingly ever. This sounds grim but it’s true. While on the other hand if you were in prep school and started to slip up mommy or daddy would simply send you to extras. These extras can be seen as a buy back: literally buying back your chance at success. Depending on the economic clout of your family this can be done a seemingly endless amount of times. From paying private tutors, to paying full tuition at college to getting your job at your parents business, this is all buy-back. But this voice that I speak in seems condescending, it almost seems like I’m telling you if you’re poor you will remain poor.  The sad thing is, this is mostly true. In the rare occasion you see that boy or girl who will defeat all adversity and become successful. In the rare case you see that boy who will sit under the street light just in order to study, because his parents can’t afford light. In the rare case you will see a girl who always finds herself at the public library borrowing books, because her parents can’t afford them. Most people simply cannot live up to the amount of effort required to succeed in life from the current situations they are in. While our parents can genuinely promise us success, as long as we play our simple part in getting to school on time and doing homework. That is the first thing I noticed wrong with capitalism.