Greed and Humanity

July 6, 2014

Poetry

Capitalist,

Socialist,

I am neither,

And both.

I am not proud that either need exist,

Each is distasteful alone.

Capitalism breeds greed,

The rich get richer,

The poor get poorer

Dividing their people.

Socialism strives to temper greed,

Reigning in its excesses

In hopes of leaving something for the masses.

Those with means rail against this,

Crying infringement!

“I don’t need the government regulating me,

I will give to others as I see fit.”,

This is not reality, but greedy folly.

Human nature believes what’s mine is mine.

Socialism is no less flawed!

Unfettered it breeds sloth,

Equally deadly and devastating.

Where is the incentive to contribute?

Both commit their own deadly sins by existing.

Perhaps a blending would suffice,

Capitalism for self-sustenance,

Socialism for a dose of humanity and conscience.

If arrogance were put aside

Maybe then there would be hope,

Hope that what is broken could be mended

For the betterment of all

–Not just the select few.

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Comments

21 responses to “Greed and Humanity”

Penny L Howe

July 6, 2014

Wonderfully expressed and written. Perhaps a new word for your idea socio-capitalism? Seriously it is about balance isn’t it? Thank you for your wise and true words!

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  July 7, 2014
  
  Thank you Penny, I like the new word it really is quite fitting. Balance is key to successful and generally prosperous society. This is something that the United States has lost sight of and I fear that it will become its demise.
  
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  1. Penny L Howe
    
    July 7, 2014
    
    I will never lose hope for us Dom although I do share your worries and concerns, all of which are valid!
  2. Dom DiFrancesco
    
    July 7, 2014
    
    Thank you Penny. I haven’t lost all hope, but I am not deeply hopeful that there is sufficient will in this country to make the drastic changes necessary to bring us back together as a people. I suppose that only time will tell.
  3. Penny L Howe
    
    July 7, 2014
    
    True. But the more people like us, who do care … and pass the word … perhaps … perhaps …
  4. Dom DiFrancesco
    
    July 8, 2014
    
    Agreed, we all need to do whatever we can do to bring the issues front and center otherwise nothing will ever change.
Blog It Or Lose It

July 6, 2014

Indeed — where is that happy medium?
Great post Dom :)

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  July 7, 2014
  
  Unfortunately we no longer have a happy medium…and therein lies our problem. :)
  
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Bastet

July 6, 2014

You’ve hit the nail on the head.

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  July 7, 2014
  
  Thank you Georgia, I appreciate that.
  
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  1. Bastet
    
    July 7, 2014
    
    Thank you Dom for having written this.
  2. Dom DiFrancesco
    
    July 7, 2014
    
    My pleasure. I wrote it some weeks back and was hesitant to publish it, but with way the world (more specifically America) is today I thought it to be quite fitting.
  3. Bastet
    
    July 7, 2014
    
    And it is, but not a terribly popular point of view, neh?
Lucid Gypsy

July 6, 2014

There is so much inequality in this world of plenty.

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  July 7, 2014
  
  There certainly is. Those with an abundance of means should feel guilty about it, but they don’t. Instead they just want to accumulate more and more without the least bit of concern for others. Really how much does one need…we can’t take it with us so why endlessly accumulate material possessions. When done to excess, it is disgusting.
  
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yeseventhistoowillpass

July 6, 2014

I am on the road to live a minimal possession life…

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  July 7, 2014
  
  I have been trying to do this myself, not frivolously spending and getting rid of things I don’t specifically need by donating them to charity. It isn’t easy to do, but I think it is the right thing to do. Good luck to you my friend, I hope you are successful.
  
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  1. yeseventhistoowillpass
    
    July 7, 2014
    
    They say don’t cry over anything that can’t cry over you… I’ve had houses and stuff.. I’m done..
  2. Dom DiFrancesco
    
    July 7, 2014
    
    I have as well and I find that most of what I’ve accumulated over the years was just out of my desire for instant gratification. This is the worst reason of all to accumulate and I’m sorry for having done it.
  3. yeseventhistoowillpass
    
    July 7, 2014
    
    Me too… Yard sales are the result of instant gratification impulses
  4. Dom DiFrancesco
    
    July 8, 2014
    
    You are absolutely right. We just had one in our community and I got rid of many of my impulse items. Yes, I took a loss, but I wasn’t using the stuff anyway.