Capitalism sucking the Proletariat
The money that had been buried comes back to life, becomes capital and embarks on the conquest of the world: this and none other is the story of Dracula the vampire.
“Capital is dead labour which vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labour, and lives the more, the more labour it sucks”(Marx). Marx’s analogy unravels the vampire metaphor…The stronger the vampire becomes, the weaker the living become: “the capitalist gets rich, not, like the miser, in proportion to his personal labour and restricted consumption, but at the same rate as he squeezes out labour-power from others, and compels the worker to renounce all the anjoyments of life.” Like capital, Dracula, is impelled towards a continuous growth, an unlimited expansion of his domain…
Dialectic of Fear
Franco Moretti
My comments:
After reading Moretti, I am convinced of the power of money to suck out all our living forces. In fact, I had happened in the last few days to meet some very rich folks who had made and continue to make their fortunes from business. Unfortunately all they could talk of was the price of real estate, the price of shares and how much needs to be saved down the line…that’s about it. The amazing thing is that in no time I started to desire wealth like they did. How much should I save? Where to put the money in? This till God put it in me not to worry about dough. Seek ye first the things above, and all other stuff will be added unto you.
& don’t be seduced by the following statement:
Only the poor detest money, Mr. Dracula is appalled by the inertia of others; like the corporates he is ever busy improving his top and bottom lines. LOL.
