Thank God for Losers: Poems for Jazz

By: Krumm, Michael E.

These poems question the widely held assumptions that throw more and more Americans into desperation. These assumptions trap many into believing that their misfortune is totally their fault. For example, they should handle their finances better, pursue a different career, or have better character. In spite of the fact, most work hard and play by the rules. If things are going the change for the better, we must be willing to look at things differently and stop holding onto myths that are making things worse for most Americans.

Financial capitalism is throwing more and more people into precarious situations, which result in depression, suicide, drug and alcohold abuse, as well as incarceration--the diseases of despair. The victims of this system are stigmatized as losers because they supposedly failed to compete. We keep their suffering and eventual deaths hidden because our social system tells us that we should be ashamed of them.

This system is made up of assumptions that rule our lives; they are taken-for-granted ideas that constrain our thinking. For example, a commonly held belief is that a laissez faire market is the answer to almost any problem we face. From health care, prisons, education, the environment, to even perpetual war, many believe that no other process can produce a better ourcome. If we don't agree with this assumption, we are labeled communists or radical socialists.

But maybe we're not wild-eyed radicals. Maybe we just think democracy should manage capitalism rather than capitalsim corrupt democracy. Maybe we believe in one person one vote rather than one dollar one vote. Maybe we think life should not be about losing and winning but about having a meaningful existence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1732313202
• ISBN13: 9781732313200
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Michael E Krumm
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"