A New Stage of Capitalism: Farce, Mockery, Deception...

for some time now, slowly, silently,

quietly, without raising any suspicion,

almost imperceptibly, and very naturally,

world capitalism was entering a new phase...

I'm not talking about the financial crisis,

crash of the stock exchange,

the crisis of the euro, debts and deficits...

I'm talking about the capitalism of mockery, cynicism,

of capitalism of fake, deception, even of a barefaced capitalism...

just open up the pages of a newspaper or a magazine,

just pass in front of a gas station,

that mockery is stamped there for all to see...

32-inch TV costs $ 499.99...

the 36 one... $ 599.99

and the 42, $ 699.99...

the phone plan costs $ 19.99

with bandwidth of 10 M sells for $ 59.99...

gasoline costs $ 2.8999999999999999999999

and ethanol goes more into account, 2.399999999999999999999999...

(prices in Brazil...)

can someone buy such a stupid thing???????

(yes, let's face it,

we buy it everyday...

we are already used to it...

we think that this is normal...

and that things are just like that!!!!!!!!)

(some even think they are doing a great deal!!

that they are receiving a discount!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh my God... holy ingenuity.........................)

but the mockery is increasingly clear...

the goal is to deceive the consumer without any shame

but, dear consumer, do not complain to me,

some spokesmen and representatives of the class might say...

I'm not alone in this stupid thing...

in fact, everyone wants to fool you, this is very natural...

after all, this is the free market...

we have the freedom to set the prices we want to...

therefore, we will fix prices in order to deceive you...

and certainly we will suceed, because all of us, traders, service providers, manufacturers, do it...

you, the consumer, has no chance...

and we are also experiencing a new pollution,

the pollution of the nines...

nines are everywhere

much more then zeros that would be the natural rounding of mathematics...

therefore, math has just been reformed by capitalism of deception...

the goal of the nine is to deceive...

excellent ally of capitalism deception,

it will be used and abused whenever possible...

just will not be used in case of obvious loss...

(if the cost of some goods are, by chance, $ 19.99,

the first nine will be useless... but it alone!

the goods will be sold for other value...

maybe $ 21.99, $ 25.99, $ 29.99...

there are a mutitude of options......................)

the new phase of capitalism invented, therefore, a new way of rounding...

the zeros gave way to the nines...

24.7 does not round to 25 (or 25.00 in monetary form)

but...

guess what? 24.99, of course...

but it is not so simple

the new math is a bit more complex...

no more rounds down, only up...

24.3 does not round to 24 or 24.00....

but...

guess what? 24.99, again! of course! bingo !!!!!

or, if possible, to 29.99...

who knows? if it passes... great!

everything will depend on the possibility of deception...

the pricing in this new phase of capitalism

no longer reflects the value or cost of production...

reflects the chance of deception...

and so goes humanity, buying more rubbish produced by that capitalism and the globalization...

isn't it time to put an end to such a stupid thing?????

to stop this harmful, unpleasant, awful, ubiquitous, “pricing in nines”?

but how?????

I do not know...

but suggestions are welcome...

PS: this text can be freely distributed... spread it at will...

(text reedited, translated from portuguese)

(please report translation errors)