🎯 Main Thesis

Capitalism is not human nature — it is a historically specific system, less than 0.5% as old as humanity itself. The idea that capitalism is natural serves as ideological justification for inequality, exploitation, and oppression by the capitalist ruling class.

🔍 Part 1: Capitalist Propaganda & the Myth of Human Nature

🧠 The Narrative

• Mass media constantly promotes capitalism as aligned with human nature.
• Concepts like “freedom” and “democracy” are used to obscure the system’s real dynamics.
• The myth equates greed with virtue, poverty with moral failure, and wealth with merit.

📱 The iPhone Example

• Common claim: “Capitalism made your iPhone.”
• Reality: Labor made the iPhone. Capitalism determines who profits, not who produces.

💬 Common Myths Debunked

• “Anyone can make it with hard work.” → False meritocracy; workers are pushed to “love the grind” while billionaires live off their wealth.
• “Capitalism is the best system tried.” → A thought-terminating cliché used to shut down meaningful debate.

💣 Part 2: Capitalism Creates Misery, Not Progress

📊 By the Numbers:

• 18 million deaths per year from poverty.
• 9 million deaths annually from hunger, despite 1.5x global food surplus.
• 868 million people go hungry every day.