Capitalism is a SCAM!
Not just education or the corporate culture
Fouad Farjani
10/28/20242 min read
The only species on this planet required to work just to survive.
All around us, animals, plants and even fungus are simply living — no shifts, no bills, no deadlines.
They eat, sleep, and play in an endless cycle, unburdened by the concept of “earning” a living. But we, the “smartest” species, created a system that demands we trade our time and energy for the basics, food, shelter, and a sense of belonging. (Ants don’t do it for the money, it’s just team work for the sake of survival)
Somehow, civilization turned into a marathon of survival for resources — often at the cost of our mental health, freedom, and even our sense of self.
And maybe that’s the irony.
Life, we say, is a gift, but when did it become so… conditional?
Look around, if you choose not to play by the rules, society pushes you to the margins, where life can be brutal. Those who step outside the box — who think differently, question norms, or prioritize purpose over profit — often get labeled as “crazy” or “out of touch.”
But if you blindly follow the system, you might survive, but at what cost? Stress, sleep deprivation, mental health struggles, and sometimes worse.
Animals don’t wake up dreading the day. They don’t need coffee to stay alert or pills to unwind. They don’t burn out from chasing a paycheck or feel the need to escape reality.
They’re the “primitive” ones, but we’re just a bunch of junkies worse in math. Literally! do the math, if you had a Billion Dollars:
Option A: Would you make your 1000 people community work productively in a factory to double your Billion.
Option B: Invest it in a self-sustained platform that would ultimately guarantee the 1000 member’s tribe including yourself would live better and longer. (Probably monetize it afterwards)
Other than myself, I’ve never met a person that would go for option B.
So, what’s the point?
The point is to realize that real wisdom isn’t in building bigger empires, making more money or being secure. It’s in seeing through the illusion that our worth is tied to productivity whether we come from money or thrive for it.
We’ve lost the sense of purpose, and ultimately lost track of what profit or success is, other than being a sustainable loop at the cost of the mass’s lives.
If we can start valuing our well-being over wealth, our purpose over profit, we can redefine what it means to truly live.
Because maybe, the “wild” way is the only sane one out there.
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