Face of Capital

One fact concerning capitalism which could be held as true 
 It has sold the mass of people a deep belief in its values 
 Americans defend state policy, regardless of cost or of peril 
 million lives, a million lies to preserve their false ideals 

 Capitalism for most Americans is synonymous with democracy 
 Yet the bitter fight for civil-rights is written in our history 
 Any freedom we might enjoy was fought against brutal opposition 
 The men who opposed liberty are those who built this system 
 The wealthy population protects and nurtures its own class 
 Refusing to react responsibly: a historical habit of this caste 
 Far from defending America’s few hard-won rights 
 They threaten democratic process and freedom’s still out of sight 

 If capitalism was all that its defenders claim it to be 
 We would expect to find a truthful, moral, and ethical society 
 Far from that it’s cursed, with a blood-soaked history 
 Europe took an unspoiled continent and ravished without mercy 

 Methodical and deliberate destruction of first nations 
 Is still the haunting price of American ‘Civilization’’ 
 The first slaves from Africa arrived in 1619 
 150 years before America became an independent colony 
 500 thousand slaves for a 3 million population 
 Multi generational slavery is how our forefathers built the nation 
 Exploitation, crime, and violence: the fabric of our society 
 Creating distrust, hate, and fear with a warped sense of morality 

 America spends billions forcing economic stations worldwide 
 Yet refuses to pay attention to the problems on their side 
 Vast sums of money channeled into a destructive war machine 
 Destroying lives in other countries: the mark of boundless greed 

 When material advantage lies at the heart of our philosophy 
 How can we expect anything different from what we see? 
 America holds 7 percent of the world’s population 
 America consumes 40 percent of the world’s production 

 No country has medical costs as high as those in the USA 
 No public health insurance in the richest country of the day 
 Why invest in slum clearing and decent housing for the poor 
 Accumulating wealth through exploitation can get the rich so much more 
 fight against this system is no longer a choice we have to make 
 It’s us against them with the world’s future at stake. 
 growing concern for our position in a future yet to be 
 Is the hope for radical change towards direct democracy.