A game of musical chairs

Capitalism is a game of musical chairs. It’s all a big game; you can make a big show out of it with the music playing and lots of nice decorations, but that’s still what it is- a game. Those in the chairs have a great time, unbeknownst to the ‘irrational’ disillusionment of those who are unfortunate enough to not get a chair and have to go out. Rats.

Socialism is everyone grouping together to buy an extra chair, so they can all sit down and cheerily listen to the music. Nobody has to go out, everyone’s ‘in’, per se. It’s no longer a game, but what good’s a game anyway? They have the music to listen to and console themselves with; they have that freedom. Freedom isn’t the ability to make a game; it’s the freedom to be able to enjoy yourself.

Excuse the analogy. But I think it’s quite apt. Capitalism is a game, essentially. If it weren’t a ‘game’ how would so many bankers who contribute nothing to society be able to manipulate it to such a degree as to make their livings off it? Or just generally, people who contribute nothing to the greater good. Anything where the primary motive is to make money is never going to be the pinnacle of morality now, is it?

And that’s what capitalism is. It’s a system made out of money, and money keeps it revolving. There’s no escaping it now. What you reap is what you sow; capitalism is such a repeating cycle that there’s no way out. All capitalism can ever produce is capitalism.

So congratulations. You’re in a game that you can’t get out of. There’s no respawns either, so once you’re out, you’re…out. Good luck with that.