One of the symbols on the Passover Seder plate is “karpas”- a spring vegetable. (Parsley, celery, or boiled potato) which is dipped into salt water.
One explanation for “Karpas” כרפּס is the the first three letters spelled backwards are פּרך, Parekh, or harsh labor which is the term for how the Israelites were overworked in Egypt.
After reading Kapital part 1, I’ve been thinking of how capitalism necessitates Parekh: unnatural labor, labor without limit, labor without purpose, labor without regard for the humans doing it, labor that only exists to be stolen. And I fervently hope for a future where Parekh is abolished and obsolete.
Happy Passover comrades!
who tf uses a potato