POETRY - PHILOSOPHY


Arbeit

Arbeit macht frei, work libertates, probably the ultimate degradation in exploitation.
The ethos of antiquity, was to enslave one’s defeated adversary,
But as empires came and went, exploitation progressed from physical slavery
To consumer capitalism, where one is enslaved by one’s destiny,
Where the incentive is raised, to quicken productivity and heighten the level of exploitation.
For even in a balanced society, individuals pause and reflect,
Exhausted and wondering, why they seem to be moving downstream, backwards.