This exploitative, greedy, machine made system exists because we keep it alive. Do we keep it alive because we like it? We hate it.

We’ve become a frustrated, angry society... angry with life, leaders and the system. And now, Our frustration and anger have turned into despair.

Yet we keep the system alive. We continue feeding it day after day. We do this because it’s safe. Because we don’t see alternatives. Because we are too afraid of risk. Because we feel powerless to break the chains that keep us enslaved to this exploitative, capitalist system.

But suddenly an army of invisible creatures comes along and demolishes the whole thing, piece by piece. First, airlines, then hotels. Then, schools, theaters, restaurants and so on. Once we stop leaving home, a whole set of businesses start to fall like dominoes.

Here we are, locked in our homes. But the minimum period required for developing a safe vaccine is 18 months. What will remain if we remain isolated for so long? What will we find outside after this period?

We can already notice the first signs of barbarism coming from fear: empty shelves at the supermarkets. What will happen when most of the population has no more jobs? When billions of people stop receiving their salaries and have no money for food?

What if people can’t even pay for Netflix anymore? Can you imagine yourself locked at home with no food and no Netflix? Our society is already a powder barrel and once it explodes, we may not find a place to hide. Where will we run after this? Moon? Mars? Where?

I’m pretty sure we’re not going all the way down this direction. We’ll find solutions. Medicines, treatments, and ways to live with the virus. But it’s very important to see that our system is much more fragile than we thought. It can collapse.

We and the capitalist machine are interdependent. But there’s a difference between the machine and us: if we stop, the machine dies. But if the machine stops, we still survive.

The potential of humans has been undermined by the machine. It’s time to recognise our potential.

Now we must decide between holding on to these old structures, defending them until our last breath, and jumping from this punctured boat to find more conscious, solidary and sustainable alternatives for our lives.