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Loneliness & Despair

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Often this silent epidemic of loneliness, isolation and depression will be raised as the growing concern that it is and specialists from a number of areas will offer their perspective on the matter. The neurologist will study brain chemical activity insisting that serotonin and dopamine activities are irregular and this is the issue that needs to be addressed. The capitalist will focus on the loss of labour potential and the long term economic impact. The technology experts will blame this on the widespread constant usage of tablets and smartphones, that have essentially stifled real life social interactions, in exchange for a cyber-social world that isn’t able to address the real longing for human interactions. “When the culture and the communities that once connected us to one another disappear, we can be left feeling abandoned and cut off from society” [1] However, in a world full of specialists offering different perspectives, the elephant in the room is often given the blind eye

The Free Market Fallacy

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The theory of Capitalism is presented as a Utopia of what is to be but never is. It is the bailout from its intrinsic corrupt motives and every free market advocate will offer “pure capitalism” as the solution to actual Capitalism. For every corruption mentioned for the reality of Capitalism, the utopian view of Capitalism will be presented; the utopia that never was and never can be. So the mention of the huge disparity of wealth between the rich and poor; the license for private entities and banks to produce currency out of thin air; the ability for powerful wealthy businesses to influence legislation in their favour; the theft of wealth from the working class; the corruption and exploitation through a fiat based currency; the running of a huge virtual economy functioning in the background much like a casino; the enslavement of third world countries through debt and compound interest and the manipulative “compassionate” face of Capitalism which offers Foreign Direct Investments and