Badly and precariously, we are barely surviving in the tangled jungle of turbo-capitalist society. How could we have possibly come to this? It would be a gross error would be to assume that it all stems for the latest capitalist crisis; as this fascinating illustrated book shows us, we have to look into the past to understand our present. Capitalism: Why? invites us to a journey through the long-standing roots that have nurtured this seven-headed hydra, and he does so without losing an iota of humor and with a healthy dose of mordacity. The author tells a story of dispossession, that of the popular classes, which has undermined our sovereignty to extremes that would have been inconceivable if it were not for the fact that we experience them in our live flesh, day after day, and makes a case for a real democracy, one that has been indecently besieged by 'market forces.'