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A strange title for this you may think.  But the following quote is from POLITICO.  A news agency that fully supports the money trick.  Investigation of the ownership of POLITICO supports my claim.

Four years later, Thunberg, 20, has entered the adult world herself. And she's still on the warpath, albeit in a different direction. In the wake of the most barbaric attacks on Jews since the Holocaust, the world's most famous truant has turned her sights on Israel. Not only has she been a regular at recent anti-Israel protests across Europe, but Thunberg has also endorsed the view that Israel's military response to the killing of its citizens amounts to "genocide." The truculent Swede's anti-Israel turn is dividing "Fridays For Future" and alienating many of her one-time supporters, leaving the future of the movement in question.

   But I KNOW not all jews agree with POLITICO.

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The Illusions of Capitalism: Exposing Virtues as Hidden Vices 

Wealth Accumulation: A Proxy for Superiority? 

What if the key to dismantling capitalism lies in exposing its so-called virtues for what they truly are—sick vices that maintain a choke-hold on life?  Wealth accumulation is perhaps the most flaunted "virtue" under capitalism.

We are told that such-and-such individual is "worth" such-and-such amount of money, as if wealth were a state of being rather than having.

Erich Fromm wrote in To Have or to Be:

If I am what I have, and if what I have is lost, who then am I? Nobody but a defeated, deflated, pathetic testimony to a wrong way of living.

Wealth is treated as a proxy for industriousness, intelligence, even moral superiority. But wealth accumulation never questions:

• Are these qualities real?
• How are they acquired?
• Why should we reward them?
• What are the consequences of limitless accumulation? 

In truth, wealth accumulation is a game of hoarding to prove one is "better" than others—generating inequality, oppression, and destruction. It is not a virtue but a cancerous vice. 

The Myth of Hard Work 

Hard work is heralded as the backbone of success, yet only owners of capital reap its rewards, not doctors, nurses, or gig workers. Bertrand Russell wrote in In Praise of Idleness: "A great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief in the virtuousness of work." 

Why must we work endlessly? To produce and consume useless stuff before we die? True well-being comes from relationships, health, and a thriving environment—not mindless toil. 

The Tyranny of Meritocracy 

Meritocracy claims success comes from talent and effort, not privilege. But Michael Sandel warns in The Tyranny of Merit that a "perfect meritocracy" erodes solidarity by ignoring luck and circumstance.  Every trait—intelligence, effort, opportunity—stems from uncontrollable prior causes. Meritocracy is a delusion that justifies inequality. 

Philanthropy: Virtue or Vanity? 

Anand Giridharadas writes in Winners Take All that elite philanthropy is often patronage, not true aid. Real change requires dismantling the systems that create inequality—not Band-Aid donations. 

Efficiency: A Self-Defeating Vice 

Efficiency gains under capitalism lead to more consumption, not sustainability. Jason Hickel notes in Less Is More that "efficiency improvements" often accelerate ecological destruction. 

The Hidden Virtues Capitalism Rejects 

• What if capitalism's "vices" are actually virtues? 
• Idleness as reflection and resistance. 
• Unproductive creativity for self-fulfillment. 
• Slowness as mindfulness. 
• Collaboration over competition. 
• Dependency as solidarity (Ubuntu: "I am because we are"). 
• Nonconformity as moral resistance. 

Conclusion: An Economy for Life 

Capitalism's virtues are vices in disguise. We must build an Economy for Life—prioritizing well-being, equity, and sustainability over endless growth.