Homeless...

On the news this morning was the report of the eighth homeless person dying of cold last night. One salient fact was that this person was homeless, but not unemployed.

In today's society, working is no longer a guaranty of survival.

Within the hour, there was another item that was reported: some European companies are reporting capital returns of over 20%.

That's pretty revealing of the values that underly society: the value of work is insignificant, when it comes to manual or clerical work. Capital is capturing most of the wealth generated by the workers.

Marx, come back! They've forgotten everything!