Sometimes, it’s quiet. It’s the subtle, painful unraveling of a system that was never meant to serve the people. A system built on greed, injustice, and a constant grind to fuel those at the very top.
Every day, we’re fed the illusion that success is just one more hustle away. A promotion. A side gig. But it’s a lie. A carefully constructed lie to keep us working harder, grinding more, all while the few at the top continue to profit from our labor.
Think about this, every rupee you spend today somehow reaches Ambani, Adani, and Tata. It's not a coincidence. It's how capitalism operates. This isn't just theory it's the reality. We're in the middle of an immense wealth transfer: from the poor to the rich. The rich lobby for tax cuts and freebies, while the rest of us scramble to make ends meet.
Now, consider a mid-sized company. Every year, it rakes in crores. Lavish parties. Lavish bonuses. But the employees, they barely scrape by. They’re told that there’s no room for salary increases while the company’s profits soar. The people who do the hardest work are forgotten, their struggles ignored. Meanwhile, CEOs & other directors get raises that defy belief.
This isn't just a corporate issue. It's the system itself. A system that serves a few, while the rest of us are kept in a cycle of overwork and undercompensation.We're told the lie that with a little more hustle, we’ll make it. But most of us won’t. Those who do, they’ll be so far removed from our struggles that they won’t even see us.
The issue is not just about pay. It’s about dignity. It’s the right to live without the constant fear that a single medical bill, a job loss, or an emergency will destroy everything. We’re forced to have children and raise families in a broken system. Their children inherit the same cycle of fear and struggle.
Capitalism doesn’t care about fairness. It doesn’t care about people. It thrives on exploitation. The more it can trap people in this cycle, the better it is for those at the top. We have been sold a lie - the myth that hard work equals success. If you happen to succeed you’ll be so detached from the pain of others that you’ll be blind to it.
Cap intergenerational wealth transfer at a reasonable level. Cap personal wealth and income. The rich have always been a danger to society and democracy, and history has borne witness to this. Their power has always been a poison that seeps through our institutions, corrupting everything it touches. It’s time to wipe the slate clean. We must take the necessary steps to ensure that an elite class, with power and wealth beyond measure, can never rise again to control the masses.
Limiting salaries their salaries is not just a policy; it’s an act of survival for the majority. Until the billionaires start funneling donations into secret bank accounts in Panama, the Cayman Islands, Seychelles, Switzerland, and beyond, this policy is the only way to bring balance. Until they start using USB drives filled with millions of dollars in Bitcoin to evade taxes and regulations, We cannot stand idly by as the rich continue to create their own laws, their own system of power, while the rest of us drown in their wake.
The system is rigged to facilitate money laundering. It isn’t enough to simply overturn Citizens United or cap salaries and wealth. The wealthiest have already dispersed their fortunes across the globe, ready to hide in any corner of the world when the storm of accountability finally approaches. They have been preparing for this moment, knowing that one day, the cries for justice will be too loud to ignore. And when that day comes, they will retreat to places beyond our reach where laws cannot touch them, where their sins remain hidden. They will slip away, knowing full well that no matter how loud the voices get, they are untouchable.
We are the ones left behind, the ones who are forced to watch as this game of greed and power continues. When will we stop playing by their rules? When will we say enough? When will we fight back? The time for complacency is over. We must rise, not just for ourselves, but for the generations to come. The world we have now is not the world that was meant for us. But it is the world we can change. Together.