Reykjavík Grapevine - 14.07.2017, Page 68

L I F E , T R AV E L & E N T E R TA I N M E N T I N I C E L A N D
Issue 12 × 2017
July 14 – July 27
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A Letter To
Capitalism
Words: Ragnheiður Haralds- og Eiríksdóttir
Dear Capitalism!
I know you want me and other able adults to
work. We each need to contribute to maintain
the system you, with the help of your henchmen
(read: those in power for the past 200-ish years),
have bestowed upon us.
I know the voices against you have long
been stifled, and somehow you have managed
to lure even the loudest self-proclaimed lefties
into your web. The people who used to wish you
death have long since accepted a soft seat in
your wagon, for the price of their mere souls/
lives/powers/firstborn. There is no spoon!
To keep things straight, this columnist does
not live in the illusion that she somehow has es-
caped your embrace. Like most, she lived up to
your expectations, went to university, accepted
the kiss of death (i.e. student loans) and con-
sequently became a willing and obedient little
minion in your grand scheme. For a decade she
really, really, really was a good little cog in the
machine, even working for a giant global phar-
maceutical company, instead of tending to the
sick as she had promised herself upon gradua-
tion. Perhaps she was greedy—or perhaps she
just wanted a job with a decent salary where
the hours weren’t too bad. She didn’t mind the
money, the travelling, the company car or the
comfortable and fancy offices.
So why write this letter to you now? Well,
with age comes wisdom… or at least many of
us become the proud owners of invisible little
drones that allow us to get another perspective
on our lives and surroundings. I like to believe
that in spite of my sheer enjoyment of purchas-
ing new shoes, a 39th shade of red lipstick and
comfy pants today, I have gained some kind of
insight. In spite of my lack of degrees in his-
tory, economics or politics, I now see things I
didn’t—and couldn’t—in my twenties.
I think you should be questioned. Like movie
theatre owners in Iceland should be questioned
on why they insist on having a break during
film screenings. Like the judicial system should
be questioned about Iceland’s track record on
sentencing for sexual abuse and violence. After
all, dear Capitalism, we made you—and thus,
we can change you!
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