The Tsunami Tragedy:

The Responsibility of Capitalism!

 

By: Issam Shukri

 

The so-called disaster is linked to the system prevailing in the globe today, i.e. capitalism.

 

If the human beings had dedicated their resources, daily endeavors, and creativity, around the world for the subjugation of the forces of nature and the natural phenomena rather than spending billions upon billions of dollars on exploiting each others and invent ways to kill each other, if socialism and the human creative powers were fully used to employ nature to humanity, I am certain that we wouldn't have lost all these thousands of poor, helpless workers, sailors, and their families. To bring the picture closer, I refer to the eruptions of volcanoes in the developed countries and how humanity their managed to control nature and prevent it from incurring damage on it. How many alarming systems are there to help people evacuate?, many. And how many were in place to help the so called under-developed countries of South East Asia? None.

 

The bourgeoisie is busy making profits (every where) and never thinks about the human being. Look at Iraq today. Millions of US dollars are spent daily on weapons. It is inhumane and brutal. The money is pouring on these the hard-hit countries now is a form of apology and embarrassment and a competition among G8 capitalisms and is a fracture of their gigantic profits.

 

Capitalism is responsible for the death of these thousands of people and the impoverishment and put in danger of millions more. That’s a shame. We must work to end this unjust system and create a better world where the human being is the most valuable!!.