Capitalism Poems
On Student Loan Forgiveness and College Debt
by Ian McCleary
The Democratic Party for more than a century has been supportive of Social Democratic legislation. Social Democratic, meaning a Democracy that tried to fix some of the problems that are a result of an unrestrained and inhumane breed of capitalism.
A recent example of it was Biden's Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Program. Because students had to pay these extortionary rates for college, Biden promised that he would erase the rest of the debt students would have left to pay for the years to come with public tax dollars.
The amount of money these colleges and universities charge for tuition among other educational expenses are beyond excessive and reflect one of the colleges highest priorities besides educating future generations on what they need to know to be an active part of America's workforce. They waste money on administrators salaries, the marketing and promoting their institution, construction, and little on the students who go there.
Students should not have to go to schools like these and should choose an alternative that is cheaper and less costly. I just happened to be lucky that my parents had the money and the generosity to pay my way through four semesters of college. In some ways I feel that I was privileged compared with other students, who did not have as big a safety net.
The question is whether government will be the remedy to the problem. While they were noble actions on the part of the president, the excesses of Capitalism will still be around, he has not gotten rid of them. He has not gotten rid of them with the stroke of his pen or by executive order. He has only brought attention to the problem, and maybe that is only what this country needed to hear. I have heard it from so many people that higher education is a scam, and I can see why they might say that now. Why pay all that money to learn in the hopes of getting a job after university when there are other places and ways of getting an education?
Gold and Blood
by Ghairo Daniels
GOLD AND BLOOD
Mantis eyes magnetised her sister’s heart
felt its imprisoned glint of gold
willed it to enlarge into a
lotus leaf upon a sea
It floats on a lake of blood before
dawn turning hot burning blue
......
the sixth phase and mutation of meaning
by atef ayadi
a joke mutates into propaganda.
a stone becomes a temple,
then a souvenir,
then,
a non fungible token.
a marxist theory while
sporing with
a capitalist theory
hardens into dogma,
then collapses under its own contradictions.
......
Just Move
by Brady Stewart
Beep boop,
Fucked ya wife.
Beep boop,
Stole yah life,
Motha fucka,
Hop in the showers
Melt in the hot hot,
Beep boop,
Stole yo kids
In the trunk closed the lid
......
Leeches
by Frank Costabile
Make the grade, but pay a price
Walk the line with care
Seek reward, for effort spent
But leave some heart to spare
Keep the fires burning
And aim to succeed
In temporarily satiating
The pigs that come to feed.
......
the sixth phase and mutation of meaning
by atef ayadi
a joke mutates into propaganda.
a stone becomes a temple,
then a souvenir,
then,
a non fungible token.
a marxist theory while
sporing with
a capitalist theory
hardens into dogma,
then collapses under its own contradictions.
......
Gold and Blood
by Ghairo Daniels
GOLD AND BLOOD
Mantis eyes magnetised her sister’s heart
felt its imprisoned glint of gold
willed it to enlarge into a
lotus leaf upon a sea
It floats on a lake of blood before
dawn turning hot burning blue
......
Just Move
by Brady Stewart
Beep boop,
Fucked ya wife.
Beep boop,
Stole yah life,
Motha fucka,
Hop in the showers
Melt in the hot hot,
Beep boop,
Stole yo kids
In the trunk closed the lid
......
The Better Plan’s Verizon
by Brady Stewart
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You're missing out,
You need this.
It's completely free,
You need this.
Sign here.
It's completely free,
You need this.
Don't forget to pay,
You need this.
......
Mumney
by Brady Stewart
The world has been wonky lately,
Elephant donkey
With the hands of defeat being fed
To those without the money
To those perching,
You Are scummy
Hello organs,
When the world becomes mummy
