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London, Paris, New York, Shanghai, the world capitals, bustling metropoles – they are all deserted, empty streets, paranoid faces, shut down restaurants, lifeless cafes, silent theaters. The entire scenes reflect some mystery or thriller from Frederic Forsyth novel. Being a longtime Parisian I see that the life here in Paris and everywhere around the world has turned into a surreal picture. Pandemic has affected not only the outlook of life, it has also entered into people’s psych.

I feel like looking at the whole phenomenon through a different prism…

On the one hand, we have all the obvious facts and analyses spread out all through, on the other hand, we are not fully aware that the life and universe are also mysteries. In addition to all the obvious elements behind this pandemic, there is also some metaphysical force that is in action…

Since the ancient times, the fights for getting hold of maximum resources have been at the core of human evolution and survival. First the conquests were among the dispersed tribes taking over the land and other essential resources of those times – then leading to the modern political and economic systems. Hence emerges the capitalist mode of production and progress – where everyone is free to accumulate as much wealth as he can, the free market economy. In contrast, Karl Marx’s communism doctrine appeared as the opposing force with the motto: equal distribution of resources, necessities for everyone. The capitalist economic system was led and practiced by the United States and other Western countries (followed by most of the world…) while the communism doctrine was led by the Soviet Union. History has witnessed the visible and invisible conflicts between these two major camps – in many regions: Cuba, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria… And it still goes on in many different forms…

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What I am writing here is not to advocate or oppose any one side or any school of thought, but just to take a look at this phenomenon and its impact, objectively.

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The communism doctrine in the Soviet Union was beaten by other forces – while the capitalism continued. At the same time, the inherent race between these two major camps remained alive.

Well, the key element of capitalist economic system is its vested interest in taking over the maximum resources, through different means. In addition to other means, war and weapons are also one of the most useful means to achieve that end. And it’s evident that the preparation of biological weapons has been in the experimental pipelines since long. So what happened? How this pandemic emerged? It was a biological weapon that was in some phase of its experimentation – and it was failed, the experiment turned out to be a failure. It came out as a pre-matured delivery. The original idea was to create it and keep it to use only at a chosen time and in the chosen regions of the world - whenever the need for such action arises. But the Djin came out of the bottle before time – and now the pandemic is all around us…

Here are two main questions that I am raising:

• What is the metaphysical force that is in action against this man-made madness?
• What is the lesson that we, the citizens and those who are sitting in the corridors of power should understand?

The answers are already there if we take a look at a few things on the world scene:

The masterminds, the power machines of capitalism (Das Kapital), in their quest for conquering everything, have created wars and destruction, in the name of so many things - men, women, children are killed, losing their arms and legs, turning into handicap beggars, flood of helpless refugees…

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The point for our dear Das Kapital to understand is that no army, no waring force came to beat them in their grounds. But they themselves have bombarded their own cities with their failed experiment of biological weapon. They have deserted their own metropoles. The lively cities of London, Paris, New York are like ghost towns. I love all these cities, I love the people living there, it’s all so sad. The masterminds of wars and destruction should understand that here was some metaphysical force, the law of nature that has turned their experiment of biological weapon into a failed experiment – and pandemic emerged before their chosen time and place! There’s a lesson for those who are in the corridors of power, and for everyone else. The Roman Empire collapsed. Many other powerful dynasties are no more there. The abuse of power is always beaten, sooner or later. And here as a conclusion, as I wrote in the title of this essay, “Das Kapital is beaten at its own game!” It is like the story of Frankenstein that is re-appearing…

At this point, some people will argue that Karl Marx’s vision is failed. I hold the view that Karl Marx’s vision is not failed, but the adherents to his doctrine could not implement it successfully. Some would say that Das Kapital is everywhere. Yes, that’s right. But see that in the race for acquiring more power and resources, capitalist forces, due to their failed experiment of a biological weapon, have devastated their own territories – and are being defeated in their grounds. Though I am not an adherent to capitalistic manipulations and power games, yet I cannot express any pleasure to see them defeated in this way… I deeply feel for all those citizens who are suffering due the greed for lust and power of a select-few. But it will change for sure, because the law of nature is mightier than the human misdeeds. In this phase of the history, Das Kapital is certainly beaten at its own game! Das Kapital forces are facing an ironic defeat – where no enemy has invaded them, they have been hit by their own hardballs.

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Of course, there are still some large-scale profits that some large corporations can make from pandemic (since the free-market economy teaches us to benefit from every situation, whether it is some up market phase or a human misfortune.) So we can call this new phase, “the rise of neo-capitalism…” How far this neo-capitalism would go? We don’t know. We’ll have to see the waves of time.