Back in the nineties, it was common sense to be social. To question capitalism. To think together about how we could create a society based on solidarity. That would be the future—because humans are social beings.

I used to play the song “Come Socialist, Unite and Stand Up”* every night as the final song in my pub, De Tempelier, in Breda, in the south of Holland. We served Guatemalan coffee—coffee where the farmers actually got a fair share. We organized meetings to protest against nuclear energy, against neutron bombs, against war and poverty…

The left was growing all over the planet, and it made the majority hopeful. We were the new generation, and we were ready to create change. We were curious about the future. We believed we could help lift the world out of suffering by softening our capitalist attitudes, by being willing to share, to live collectively, to respect each other as fellow human beings, and to live in harmony with nature. 

*Music Video: Bots – De Lange Weg (The Long Road – Come Socialist, Unite and Stand Up).

But today? We’ve become selfish. Divided. Exhausted. How?

Because the greedy ones, those who own far too much, keep the world in shortage, on purpose, and play the polarization card to keep us distracted. They make people blame and fight each other. They flood us with dis-information and confusion, limit our time and our clarity. They build a society where the same companies profit from both creating the problems and pretending to solve them.

Look around.

The link between cheap junk food and diabetes. The pressure and burnout caused by work stress, housing shortages, economic worry. Pharma and insurance companies that don’t act in prevention, but only in treatment. Governments that don’t build affordable housing, and instead let the crisis grow so prices stay high.

They keep us in mental slavery, and we accept it. They profit from war, and we accept it. Right-wing populists offer fake, easy solutions to problems created by their own system.

I hope it becomes a-social again, soon, to support right-wing politics. It’s never been as obvious as today, with Trump & Co making laws that benefit only themselves.

Wake up, world.

Maybe you were able to sleep because your situation still felt better than your neighbor’s… But the time has come to unite for change. For future generations. And for the planet. 

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And This Is Where We Are Now

It’s not just a feeling. I speak with many people — artists, doctors, academics — even those considered “successful” in the current system. And almost all agree: the system has to change.

Disinformation is everywhere. Institutions, insurance companies, the media, the pharmaceutical industry — they no longer serve us, or nature. Money has become the only thing leading. Not people. Not truth. Not care.

Many, including me, question whether the very structures of capitalism — the banking system, economic manipulation, salary ceilings — are what keep people poor or mentally enslaved.

Most of us agree: billionaires are becoming too powerful. Especially now, after the re-election of Trump. It’s painfully clear that a small group of ultra-rich individuals is steering the world to serve themselves — not us.

A Lifetime of Resistance

This is not new to me. Decades ago, I started small movements to raise awareness about all of this. One of them was I Have A Dream Too. After MLK’s dream to stop racism, I dreamt of ending poverty and hunger. Tijn Touber suggested the name We Have a Dream Too. And eventually it became Let’s Unite Online.

Many of the same ideas now live on in the new concept of Limitarianism:

• An unconditional basic income for all

• Limits on income, assets, and inheritance

• A more balanced, honest economy — for all of us

And I still plead for this. Because I feel it more than ever: The moment of awareness is now. More and more people are waking up. And hope is growing.

The Bigger Picture

The billionaires and the aristocratic class are trying to take over the world — not with tanks, but with algorithms, polarization, and fear. Through investment companies like BlackRock, Vanguard, and Berkshire Hathaway, they control Big Tech, Big Pharma, Big Food, banks, energy, the arms trade, and the media.

They create shortage. They fuel war, poverty, nationalism, and division. They use the old trick: divide and conquer. Then they point the finger at migrants, refugees, or overpopulation. But it’s not them. It’s the system. It’s the billionaires. It’s them.

Read more at 🌍 www.letsunite.online

LET’S UNITE TO STOP THEM

1. SOCIAL MEDIA
Join www.heartbook.org — a Facebook alternative for heart-driven people.
No algorithms. No ads. Just connection.
If you can, leave Facebook, Instagram, and X behind.

2. POLITICS
Ask your politicians to apply Limitarianism: An unconditional minimum income. Upper limits on income, assets, and inheritance for both individuals and companies.

3. CHARITIES
Challenge big organizations like Greenpeace, Amnesty, Red Cross, UNICEF, Extinction Rebellion. They often mean well — but they fight the symptoms, not the source. Let’s ask them to unite for systemic change. We could even boycott when necessary.

4. VISIONARIES & CREATORS
You are invited to become a contributor. Check it out here. Join us! Come brainstorm with Beyond Psychology on how to grow this movement together — especially to heal and empower women.

Let’s Not Forget What We Knew

There was a time we believed in change. A time when we sang, gathered, organized, protested. A time when we knew — in our hearts — that a world built on solidarity was possible.

That time is not gone.
It’s just buried.

But it can rise again.
And we can rise with it.

Let’s Unite.
Let’s remember.
Let’s act.

One Love. 

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