Fascism Is The Natural Development of Capitalism - George Orwell

There is a lot of talk lately about the so-called 99% who represent those who have no real money, as opposed to the 1% who hold the majority of the world's wealth. What is it that allows the 1% to hold onto their wealth? It is our ability to acquiesce to the belief that having the ability to purchase an i-phone, or a cheap pair of foreign made trainers means that we live in a free society. To the elite, freedom for us means the freedom to be poor and to make them wealthier. Why don't we rebel? Why is their not revolution? Why are we not tearing down the system and slitting their throats on the street. Why?...because we are all decent human beings who value life above even freedom. They (the elites) have no qualms about relegating their workers to abject poverty, and injustice, and disease, and suicide. They would be quite happy to step over a frozen dead child to enter a trendy restaurant.
Technology is of course not giving the 99% more freedom, it is giving us less freedom by taking away our usefulness to society, but allowing us to be monitored and controlled by the elite, by brainwashing us into thinking we need these technologies to function. Money will mean nothing to the 99% when none of us have any?
I call on all of the young economics students and business students to design an economic system that does not rely on money to function. One that is egalitarian, but offers rewards to those who work the hardest. One that guarantees every human being has home, and food, and the freedom to enjoy themselves on weekends. One that educates the masses. So far, technology has destroyed the vocabulary of most young people to grunts and texts. Let us go back in time where respect is instilled in all of our communications with each other. Above all, let us harshly punish the rich, and greedy, and all of those who as human beings would take advantage of another human being.
To all of you who have had your lives destroyed by unemployment, or had you jobs exported elsewhere for cheaper labour, or have lost your savings to speculating capitalist fascist pigs - rise up and destroy that 1%!!!
LOVE and RESPECT to ALL MY COMRADES!

The Star Trek Solution

We can all remember the scenes from the old Star Trek series: Kirk gets hungry  - Kirk wanders over to a square looking oven like device embedded in the wall - Kirk pushes a button - there is a hum, and a complete meal magically pops out of the wall. What is relevant is that there is no economic transaction taking place; there is no card inserted for payment - no means to identify who has purchased the meal. Back on mother Earth the cities are pristine and funcional. Everyone seems housed and seems to own some means of transportation. Poverty and desperation seem to be missing.
Is all this just a utopian vision from a comic reading science fiction addicted geek? Or is this vision of the future a natural transition from a capitalist based economy to a more egalitarian society? The problem with this vision is that if we all the people walking around and pushing buttons as if they are actually doing something. The reality of technological advancement is that those people will not be needed to push those buttons. The main purpose of technology - it's raison d'etre is eliminate the need for the humans in the first place. Instead of having 10 people on the bridge of the Enterprise only 3 would be needed. What do you do with the extra 7 people? That is the most important question that is confronting capitalism and the advancement of technology:
What do you do with the extra people?
The problem of the current global economic meltdown lies not at the feet of the elites, but the natural finish to the evolution of capitalism. Capitalism is not about creating jobs; its sole purpose is the creation of wealth. Capitalism has reached its epoch - it is nearing perfection: enormous wealth is being created without the need for human labour, and that wealth is being channelled into the hands of fewer and fewer elites. The elites are not being malicious, they are merely celebrating the perfection of capitalism.
This makes capitalism a concept that is no longer viable in a technologically advanced society. Money itself has to be re-invented as a concept. We can no longer accept the notion of labour for money and labour for profit. Some other rewards must be devised for those who are most useful to society, and a new sense of community must be devised for a smaller and more connected world.
I welcome your comments.