Capitalism is an uncaring, harsh society but probably nothing sums up better how alienated workers have become than this news item. 'The corpse of a 66-year-old German woman who died more than six months ago was found in her apartment in front of a television set that was still on. The woman, in the town of Oberursel near Frankfurt, died of natural causes in a nightgown while watching TV on the sofa.' (Daily Mail, 27 March) Chief Inspector Ulrich Demmer of Hesse police department is reported as saying "Someone should have noticed. Unfortunately, societal and demographic changes mean that such cases are increasing." Dead for six months without anybody noticing - can capitalism get any more awful? RD
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