The text for the leaflet for the TUC rally in London Saturday 18 June
Want better?
So do we! But capitalism isn’t there to make our lives better.
It’s there to serve the interests of the rich.
We do all the useful work in society, while they constantly try to drive down our pay and worsen our conditions.
That’s how they get rich – by keeping the rest of us poor.
Not only that, capitalism is and always will be unstable and who bears the brunt of its economic crises? Us, of course!
There’s no point trying to reform the chaos and inequality out of capitalism because they are built into it.
So if you’ve really had enough, if you really want better…
Better get rid of capitalism.
We’ve got the technology to run society as a giant sustainable co-op, where everything is free and there are no rich or poor.
That’s got to be better than letting capitalism and its rich hooligans trash our lives.