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Church for Capitalism By Punkerslut
The state is nothing more than the priest of Capitalism. What was it that the priest did in the Middle Ages? He gave speeches and sermons about the absolute rightness of his ways -- and, this necessarily meant defending the Aristocracy and the noblemen. It meant defending a system where you were born into wealth or poverty. You were either born to be an exploiter, or born to be exploited. In his speaking, the priest would call this system god's work; that tyranny was specifically ordered by the lord to fulfill some purpose that his followers could never understand. For his cooperation, the priest is awarded a life away from toil, in splendor and wealth -- or, at least, it was in the days when churches taxed the people and not governments. For subduing the people, the priest is compensated. There is mutual reciprocity among the rulers and masters, but never enough among the common people.
And what is it that the state does today? It fulfills the same exact role to Capitalism as the priest in the middle ages. It passes laws, makes decrees, and forms institutions; food inspection laws to libraries, environmental regulation to police enforcement. It polls the people, listens to their grievances, and establishes courts to uphold the laws.
In one way or another, it allows the people a method to change and reform their government. Even in dictatorships and monarchies, where the people are always oppressed, there are still opportunities for changing the social order. So the state fulfills this role: it pacifies the people. It is a church for their worries about poverty and their concerns about employment -- for their pleas about their hungry, uneducated, and neglected families.
What is it that the state does on behalf of Capitalism? It provides everything to convince the people that their interests are being considered. It provides them with a ballot or a monarch that listen. There are government departments of education, labor, environment, and economy. Even in the face of the starvation of millions, the armies of unemployed, or the terrible wars in every corner of the world -- the government is here to let you know that things are all right. Suppose you don't like how your neighborhood watch program is operating. You have the right submit your grievance to the town councilman, the mayor, the governor, the senator, the representative, and the president, or even the courts. Everywhere, the government wants you to know that it is there for you -- to listen, to calm, to quiet all worries. Or, better put, to subdue and diminish the will of the people to change the social system. In every way, the state helps the Capitalist. From annexing lands in war, weapons contracts, breaking unions, forced labor camps, to supporting foreign dictators -- the state has done everything it can for Capitalism to flourish. And just like the priest serving the landed noblemen, the state receives plenty of benefit from serving the landlord and capitalist. It receives its taxes, its vast bribes, and everything that a politician could personally desire.
Punkerslut,
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