I want to talk about one aspect of capitalism. How people are managed who are stressed out by capitalism. Stressed out or threatened by the damage to our environment that capitalism has so deeply imprinted on us and the way capitalism seems to make consumption the goal, the antidote if you like for the stress of everyday life and that’s the part I want to get to.
Everybody is against smoking, even the smokers themselves. But who already is hooked up, he or she can not quit. The key to quit a nation of smoking is to stop the supply of new people who gets hooked on to smoke. The youngsters. Right now, nothing works. Not the astronomical prices of cigarettes, nor the age limit. All our antismoking policies are like washing our feet in socks. You can do that, but it is not too effective. We need real change. Let us stop the supply of people who can get hooked on to cigarettes.
There are two main forces at play in the COVID-19 pandemic regarding the economy. On the one side, many people are withdrawing from the work force due to the illness. So, there is a blow to the production of goods and services country wide, worldwide. On the other side, businesses cannot function without workforce. Tools, equipment and raw materials do not produce profits by themselves. Labour does. No labour, no profits.