By Toby Valderrama and Antonio Aponte
Capitalism is a kingdom
of lies, the deception begins in its very essence: the appropriation of work
and social wealth on behalf of a minority. Social scientists, lead by Marx,
have revealed the forms of this deception. Upon this fundamental deception is
formed an apparatus of lies. Lies, falsehood - it's essential to the capitalist
system; it's so common, so sophisticated that it passes unnoticed. The system
maintains itself by masking its fraudulent nature.
When a capitalist
government like the one we're suffering neglects the masking of the lie, it
runs into problems; when it maintains itself by lying flagrantly, without
keeping up appearances; if it's trigger-happy and fires off lies
helter-skelter, the entire system of domination runs into problems.
In recent days, the
government's lying hysteria has worsened: Smartmatic, the company providing
machines for elections, distanced itself from the government; they can't
certify the results that they claim are altered in the millions. If we remember
that during the presidential elections the margin was 200,000, we understand
the gravity of the scheme. In conclusion: elections are a big lie.
Of the discussions in
the Dominican, nothing is known about what happened; all parties are accused of
lying and the truth is, he didn't go to that meeting. The president tells us
that the day following his electoral victory, he'll implement an economic
project that will get us out of the crisis; he won't say what it is, doesn't
elaborate; everything becomes just another lie.
During these days of remembrance for
Comandante Chavez, he has caused a lot of uneasiness for high-ranking
government officials; their conscience stirred, plagued by the dismembering of
the Comandante's philosophy, and they started talking about socialism; from the
garbage bin of Miraflores they dug out the Plan for the Nation, they came all
out against capitalism; it was like an intoxication, lies raining down on the
country.Foreign visitors were incredulous before such deception. It was a
theatre of the absurd. However, the capitalists aren't worried, they know
they're blowhards, a bark worse than the bite. To Mendoza they gave the strong
bolivar, for the supermarkets they covered losses due to excess auditing,
dollars rain down, nationalisations are reversed, selfishness sets in.
Those in government
feel supported, anything can be said to the people as long as they're given a
bonus that isn't worth anything. They cheat the unsuspecting, whoever has money
feels rich although they can't buy anything - this is one of the fantasies of
inflation.
One of the government's
primary problems is that it acts like a fugitive: a capitalist is a thief, they
steal, but have to respect certain rules that allow the reproduction of the
system. The criminal also steals, or let us say bootlegger (or hostage-taker),
but doesn't respect the rules, reveals the theft, and thus has to be punished
and removed.
For capitalism and
global capitalists, it doesn't suit their governments that another government
breaks the rules of the system of domination, that they flagrantly, openly
commit election fraud; it doesn't suit them that a government lay bare the lie
of institutional independence, that it attack the integrity of the legislature,
the electoral authority, the high courts, the state prosecutor - that it
blatantly turns them into its minions and publicly orders them around.
It was in this way the
socialist impulse transformed into a poor caricature of bourgeois democracy,
not accepted by either socialists or capitalists.
Read the full article in Spanish, here: https://www.aporrea.org/ideologia/a260391.html
English Version: Brandon Joel Queen (EE UU)
Email: brandon_joel_queen@yahoo.ca
Twitter:@BrandonJoelQ
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