<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=387361" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Capitalism Battles Freedom</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">when capitalism battles freedom, <br>you get what we've become...<br>profit begats slavery, <br>the many become enslaved.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">founded on freedom? <br>we took this land from<br>the Native Americans, <br>took their way of life, <br>their rights, their dreams...<br>in the name of God? <br>of progress? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">we brought over the slaves<br>from the African shores...<br>to work, to use, to abuse...<br>we took their lives, their way of life, <br>their hopes and dreams...<br>in the name of free enterprise? <br>of profit? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">we treated our women like possessions, <br>second class citizens at best.<br>they were expected to be silent, <br>to obey, to bear our children, <br>to cook and wash...<br>they had to fight for years<br>to get the right to vote...<br>even longer for equal wages...<br>in the name of righteous judgement? <br>of divine directive? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and now, we the poor, <br>of all colors and creeds, <br>are corporate owned.<br>held under the thumb<br>of the elite, put down<br>and trampled on...<br>our way of life taken, <br>our hopes for the future dashed...<br>faceless numbers that stink of poverty! <br>in the name of wealth and power? <br>in the name of apathetic profit? <br>profit at all costs! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">capitalism... or something else, <br>fair, equal, with hope and chance<br>and dreams...<br>the way of freedom, <br>when dignity overcomes profit! <br>when the human being is worth more<br>than the dollar and the deal!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Eric+Cockrell">Eric Cockrell</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=387361" data-title="Capitalism Battles Freedom de Eric Cockrell" data-description="when capitalism battles freedom, you get what we've become... profit begats slavery, the many become enslaved. founded on freedom? we took this land from the Native Americans, took their way of life, their rights, their dreams... in the name..."></div> </div> </div>

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