Capitalism Is Incompatible With Democracy

Eve Moran
Eve Moran
Jul 25, 2017 · 2 min read

Say, did you know that there is a vote today? An old war hero was diagnosed with cancer and dragged himself out to Washington DC to make it harder for regular citizens who are not senators to get health care and capitalism is incompatible with democracy.

There is no money in telling people the truth and capitalism is incompatible with democracy.

The man who wrote “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” owned his own wife’s half-sister and capitalism is incompatible with democracy.

We elected a man who told us we didn’t need to worry about a thing because he could make us great deals.

And capitalism is incompatible with democracy.

The New York Times informs me that I can only read three more articles about the man they helped elect. And capitalism is incompatible with democracy.

Facebook has pledged to help them limit what I am allowed to know and discuss about our government. And capitalism is incompatible with democracy.

Once upon a time, we talked about free speech.

But capitalism is incompatible with democracy.

Resistance Poetry

Verse as Commentary

Eve Moran

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Eve Moran

A Texan living in California. 2 kids, 2 cats, 4 chickens and a strong suspicion that most people are good.

Resistance Poetry

Verse as Commentary

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