Capitalism

The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement did America a large favor. For generations, ordinary folks have suspected that greedy capitalists have monopolized wealth. Now that OWS and other courageous citizens from coast to coast have sacrificed themselves, it’s up to the moderates, liberals, socialists, union members and all other fair-minded Americans everywhere to stand shoulder to shoulder and expose the filthy rich who smother and repress honest working people from sharing in the good life. Above all, thanks to OWS, honest Americans now can expose capitalism for what it really is.  And nowhere is capitalism more discriminatory and gluttonous than in professional sport. In fact, professional sport reveals clearly the evils of capitalism and fans everywhere hunger for a change. Especially in the area of discrimination. Thousands —  millions — of players are excluded from playing professional sport because they are not big enough, strong enough, fast enough or lucky enough. Players born with exceptional talent have all the advantages. There is only one way to describe their salaries — obscene. The best players have more money than entire companies. And no one can justify the immense salary disparity among team members. To be fair, every player on every team should have the identical salary regardless of position. Every football player is important to a team. A quarterback is nothing without an offensive line. A pitcher is nowhere without a catcher. A Nascar driver is  nobody without the lowliest member of the pit crew. Share and share alike is the only moral system. In fact, college athletes who are drafted and granted big bonuses should share their windfall with college teammates who helped make it all possible. Tiger Woods is worth half a billion dollars. Thousands of other golfers make little or nothing; but without all of these other golfers, there would be no tournaments. By all rights, therefore, tournament winners should receive recognition and valuable trophies; but each golfer that competes should receive equal payment. It’s only fair. You can hear diehard capitalists now, whining that some athletes work harder, contribute more, have more ability, attract more fans, take more risk, blah, blah. That’s a tired old song, sung to hide the obvious truth — that the only way to even out the inequities of life is to share in the rewards of life. Since professional sport by far is the most visible example of the immorality of capitalism, we should begin there; then move on to a place like Hollywood. Leading actors, directors and writers make mega-millions while set builders, technicians, grips and other slugs struggle to make ends meet. Next in line are major corporations that must be held accountable — to distribute wealth to all employees equally, from top to bottom. Wealthy entrepreneurs who have the good fortune to be in the right place at the right time, must also share equally with the public sector. Thankfully, we have a President who is and will continue to be an eloquent spokesperson for this fair distribution of wealth. With his innate genius, unparalleled experience, understanding and moral courage, he eventually will persuade all caring Americans to realize that only Central Planning Agencies, under his direction, can bring about equal treatment and economic justice throughout the land. Whatever overrated progress America may have made in the past 236 years will pale by comparison to the future as he, in his own words, “transforms America.” No one will argue that he is well on his way. Capitalism may not die easily or gracefully; but little by little, with the continued consent of the governed, it’s only a matter of time.

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