| The means of production is dreary, monotonous and backbreaking, not to mention that its inception is merely a new form of wage slavery; housing is expensive, in poor supply and poorly maintained. The physical character of our civilization has been torn up by the way we've been doing things for the last century and a half, as shown by our almost abject lack of cultural institutions in most of the country, and capitalism itself is most certainly not anywhere near a real meritocracy. The extravagant wealth of the extremely rich is frightening in its power; in its ability to shape the character for most of society and its complete lack of accountability in doing so. Robert Moses, for example, just about single-handedly evicted a quarter of a million people from their homes, and all but destroyed the character of an entire city borough. Walmart employs .3% of the country and can effectively dictate the power of labor unions nationwide.
Greed is a powerful tool, and incredibly destructive.
. . . whenever any government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. |