Monday, 12 September 2011

Not Just Ecology

In the context of dollar hegemony, many poorer nations must hold large quantities of American dollars or liquid, dollar denominated assets because they know they will eventually need those dollars to import oil and other essential ‘commodities’.

The world’s two overwhelmingly dominant oil markets, the NYMEX and the IPE, insist that all oil transactions be made in U.S. dollars.

That means that nations such as China, India and Japan, together with those developing nations which lack large oil reserves, must sell goods to earn the dollars necessary to purchase oil.

The central banks of the poorer nations must hold foreign currency reserves in dollars or U.S. Treasury for protection…in case their currency goes down  against the dollar.

This is exacerbated if a poor nation is carrying a heavy debt load, owed to the IMF, and denominated in dollars.

This is how i would say it:

The US dollars                                                                                                             is in fact the only currency

that can be used…to buy oil

as defended by the US army

if iraq is any indicator

countries will be slow

to switch  

 

the US people behind the US…world…the social scientist call it imperialism…what capitalism is about…new markets and market share…a class struggle…exploiting the planet and the people…was Rand right?  

 

 

(it doesn’t matter about the ideology)

bringing  us closer to anarchism…

(aside)

i don’t identify coinservative,

liberal or New Democratic Party  

 

 

intentionally…

i don’t believe people believe

they are exporting violence,

yet by the system

they benefit from the system

and are guilty by participation.

 

Though unadvertised there is choice.

 

…the rich don’t ask how those behind them are getting on  

by living on the surplus user value of the poor…

workers in the world will never be able to buy

the product they produce because of profit .

ie if i make 10 cars for 5 dollars

and the owner sells then for 8

and pays me 4.50 per 

I can’t afford to pay eight…

I'm sure Marx explains it better.    

***********

i

am flying to Egypt more better

than work 12 hours a day

seven days a week

in a factory

making something

you don’t believe in

which i guarantee

somewhere someone is   

 

capitalism has captured its people,

they have been brainwashed

into thinking they are free…

they have been atomized

and turned on by their own.

Their wages have been cut,

their time has been controlled 

*********

 

a quaker lighting himself on fire

is treated as legend in Vietnam

while causing McMarana grave doubts

almost forgotten for ending the war

the opening…and instigator of bravery 

***************

 

the writers

are propagandists

even for the truth…

which cannot exist

in this fuzzy, fuzzy 

night of computer screens

 

the only communities

the rich and the poor

the middle class got duped

the good guys, the guys

who wanted to believe

who went to war

for the right reasons

who wished for the dream

and tried

but their never

was a dream

the most privilege

even the smart ones die.

 

me          

the poor lonely suburbs

wasting away with out purpose

 

or glory

or even a benign existence

 

in small rooms

with electrical devices

 

the laughter

of a family dinner

a thing of the past.

 

peace out      

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