Sabbat Sjalom
Ja, dis waar!
In 1964 het Mary Poppins, mnr Banks se twee kinders Michael en Jane die aand voor hul eerste uitstappie na hul pa se bank aan die slaap gesing met hierdie pragtige fabel:
Early each day to the steps of Saint Paul's
The little old bird woman comes.
In her own special way to the people she calls,
"Come, buy my bags full of crumbs.
Come feed the little birds, show them you care
And you'll be glad if you do.
Their young ones are hungry,
Their nests are so bare;
All it takes is tuppence from you."
Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,
Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag.
"Feed the birds," that's what she cries,
While overhead, her birds fill the skies.
All around the cathedral the saints and apostles
Look down as she sells her wares.
Although you can't see it, you know they are smiling
Each time someone shows that he cares.
Though her words are simple and few,
Listen, listen, she's calling to you:
"Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,
Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag."
Die les daarin is eenvoudig; deel jou geld, voorspoed, talent en al jou pennies in liefde met alles wat leef om jou. Moenie gierig wees en gedurig daarop probeer kapitaliseer nie.
En dis presies wat met die wêreld se ekonomie gebeur het; skuld is verhandel om op die rente van nog meer skuld te kapitaliseer. Die gierigheid van beleggers en bankiers het hulle ingehaal. Eersdaags sal kruiwaens vol "tuppens" nie eens 'n brood kan koop nie.
Die fabel kry volle betekenis in die volgende hoofstuk van Mary Poppins. Jane en Michael is die volgende oggend saam met hul pa mnr Banks, bank toe om eerstehands hul lessie in kapitalisme te leer.
Mnr Dawes Senior, mnr Banks en die ander bankiers koor die volgende aan Jane en Michael:
If you invest your tuppence wisely in the bank safe and sound
Soon that tuppence, safely invested in the bank, will compound and you'll achieve that sense of conquest
As your affluence expands in the hands of the directors who invest as propriety demands
You see, Michael, you'll be part of railways through Africa, mams across the Nile, fleets of ocean greyhounds
Majestic self-amortizing canals, plantations of ripening tea
All from tuppence, prudently, fruitfully, frugally investedIn the, to be specific, in the Dawes, Tomes, Mousely, Grubbs
Fidelity Fiduciary Bank!Now, Michael, when you deposit tuppence in a bank account
Soon you'll see that it blooms into credit of a generous amount semiannually,
And you'll achieve that sense of stature as your influence expands
To the high financial strata that established credit now commandsYou can purchase first and second trust deeds
Think of the foreclosures!
Bonds! Chattels! Dividends! Shares!
Bankruptcies! Debtor sales!
Opportunities!
All manner of private enterprise!
Shipyards! The mercantile!
Collieries! Tanneries!
Incorporations! Amalgamations! Banks!You see, Michael
Tuppence, patiently, cautiously trustingly invested in the, to be specific,
In the Dawes, Tomes, Mousely, Grubbs
Fidelity Fiduciary Bank!
Is daar dalk enige kriptiese leidraad in Mary Poppins se afsluiting "Let's go fly a kite"?
Namaste!
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