I'm going to be specific. I'm going to write about the violence of Capitalism (understood as a political, economic and Social System) against the people. This violence can be evident in the lifestyle that most people carries on everyday.
Violent is the Public Transport System, because is violent travelling in it like animals in a truck. Violent is the minimum wage, because is violent to make that money be enough to eat and live until the end of the month, in other words, survive with a little money quantity. And more violent are the debts that you have to pay to the companies and retail shops. These companies are violent too, because they threaten you to get you out from your house and your dignity, if you don't pay the debts.
Violent is the Education, because the bourgeoisie class teach you only for be a worker, an slave. They are not interested in you, in your dreams, your goals and life proyects. They only want working force to make working their companies and factories. And if you have luck and register in the University, you will end working to maintain the actual order of system.
Violent is the public health system. Wake up very early to get a poor attention, and wait several hours to receive it, unless you die waiting for it. Only if you have enough money you can have a good attention and live without worries.
And when we, the people, try to demonstrate our anger against this violence, the State answers to the people with police repression, with physical violence, and also with death, like the case of Manuel Gutiérrez and Matías Catrileo..
Violent is the system. And one day the people will respond with rage, with violence against the system and its violence.
Good reflection Pato, I agree with you.
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