Does a poor man benefit from a cut in capital gains taxes?
Does a rich woman have trouble obtaining an abortion?
That's what they're for, poor, beastly, darkness-
Shrouded things. There aren't enough of us to
Issue out of board rooms, clubs and mansions
Into seats of government, nor have we cash enough
To purchase allies. What we've learned to do
Is cater to the drooling masses, peeling off enough
Of them to keep us winning at the polls. Do they
Want guns? We'll give them guns. Do they hate
Other races? We will say that that's okay.
We'll promote their superstitions and their
Dreadful, hidebound ways. It's not as if we live
With them, or must obey their stupid rules.
Other wretches suffer both, but we manipulate
Our fools while keeping far away.
Poetry by Lawrence Beck
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Does a rich woman have trouble obtaining an abortion?
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Of course, we use the little fools. It's fair to sayThat's what they're for, poor, beastly, darkness-
Shrouded things. There aren't enough of us to
Issue out of board rooms, clubs and mansions
Into seats of government, nor have we cash enough
To purchase allies. What we've learned to do
Is cater to the drooling masses, peeling off enough
Of them to keep us winning at the polls. Do they
Want guns? We'll give them guns. Do they hate
Other races? We will say that that's okay.
We'll promote their superstitions and their
Dreadful, hidebound ways. It's not as if we live
With them, or must obey their stupid rules.
Other wretches suffer both, but we manipulate
Our fools while keeping far away.
Poetry by Lawrence Beck
Read 150 times
Written on 2019-01-24 at 14:54
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