Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Saramago: capitalism and poverty

From the blog of Saramago:

A multiplicação da pobreza
Por Fundação José Saramago
Tal como a religião não pode viver sem a morte, o capitalismo não só vive da pobreza como a multiplica.
“José Saramago”, Éxodo, Madrid, nº 96, Dezembro de 2008

A quick translation:

Multiplication of Poverty.

The same way religion cannot live without death, capitalism not only does not live without poverty, but also multiplies it.

Πολλαπλασιασμός της φτώχειας

‘Οπως η θρησκεία δεν μπορεί να ζήσει χωρίς το θάνατο, έτσι και ο καπιταλισμός όχι μονο δε ζει χωρίς την φτώχεια, αλλά και την πολλαπλασιάζει.

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