Title: Not Capitalism or Socialism. Not Left or Right Post by: Templeton on April 21, 2013, 02:45:06 AM Feel the force of the broken ones
Blindly lashing at the branches Afraid to strike the root and see The end to their negative solidarity Streets seethe under daylight’s pressure: The negative solidarity movement marches forth. But I remember as I stand here watching on, That they say the night is always darkest before the dawn. In fear the masses converge Under banners devoid of vision, Understanding, And love. No light of freedom glints in eyes That look for solutions from above: “The state will cure the sickness of self-centeredness, Greed, And Lust, It will bring the order to our lives Our cities, Our nation, Our trust.” But the state can protect us only From the violence we cause each other Its touch never brings the love we crave From every man as our brother. It cements its rule with force’s power That in love’s absence, projects a veneer Of a nation’s people bound together Though, in fact, they’re bound by fear. The state’s hand touches where we’ve succumbed To the blind hatred that keeps us enchained To our selfishness that preys on others And acts on lies we’ve entertained. The state lets us live with the sad folly Of not looking our fellow man in the eyes And knowing his pain, troubles and joy While living with him every day of our lives. I dream one day we’ll realize the truth That our nation was not of fiat born But birthed by freedom’s present light From which the state has had us torn. I dream one day we’ll see the truth That love and freedom must lead the fight Against state slavery and its chains But ’till then we march: Left, right, Left, right, Left, right. Title: Re: Not Capitalism or Socialism. Not Left or Right Post by: spndr7 on April 21, 2013, 08:07:42 AM goodd poem
Title: Re: Not Capitalism or Socialism. Not Left or Right Post by: myrkul on April 21, 2013, 09:11:25 AM I'd have left the first part of the title out, it's not really about capitalism OR socialism.
But that's me. Good poem. Title: Re: Not Capitalism or Socialism. Not Left or Right Post by: Templeton on April 21, 2013, 04:29:16 PM The discussions in the Pol&Soc forum were too grounded in facts and reason and not enough in emotion and irrational truth. I decided to try to mix it up ;)
Title: Re: Not Capitalism or Socialism. Not Left or Right Post by: herzmeister on April 21, 2013, 05:50:49 PM what would be a free market of worker cooperatives? left or right?
Title: Re: Not Capitalism or Socialism. Not Left or Right Post by: Templeton on April 21, 2013, 07:39:57 PM would what be a free market of worker cooperatives? left or right? The free market is whatever individuals make of it. Some will start capitalist enterprises, some will start socialist coops. Title: Re: Not Capitalism or Socialism. Not Left or Right Post by: Jobe7 on April 21, 2013, 08:57:54 PM Good poem :)
I hope one day people will throw the farce of left-right out the window for good and realise its freedom-enslavement, and that's all its ever been. Title: Re: Not Capitalism or Socialism. Not Left or Right Post by: Templeton on April 22, 2013, 03:39:46 AM Good poem :) I hope one day people will throw the farce of left-right out the window for good and realise its freedom-enslavement, and that's all its ever been. Left and Right have nothing to do with the state (they both want to use the state for some things and want the state to stay out of other things). However, left and right are a real division in society. They are lifestyle choices. Right now we have two sides fighting to impose their lifestyle choices on each other. The only commonality in this fight is that they both want to use the force and violence (aka government) to impose their will on the other side. Thus the left/right paradigm inherently drifts towards statism as both sides demand state violence be used against the other. Title: Re: Not Capitalism or Socialism. Not Left or Right Post by: Jobe7 on April 22, 2013, 09:31:08 AM Good poem :) I hope one day people will throw the farce of left-right out the window for good and realise its freedom-enslavement, and that's all its ever been. Left and Right have nothing to do with the state (they both want to use the state for some things and want the state to stay out of other things). However, left and right are a real division in society. They are lifestyle choices. Right now we have two sides fighting to impose their lifestyle choices on each other. The only commonality in this fight is that they both want to use the force and violence (aka government) to impose their will on the other side. Thus the left/right paradigm inherently drifts towards statism as both sides demand state violence be used against the other. Apparently I'm left-right/up-down .. I see it as a complete mess and just a tool of government to give the illusion of choice. Title: Re: Not Capitalism or Socialism. Not Left or Right Post by: Templeton on April 22, 2013, 04:48:48 PM Apparently I'm left-right/up-down .. I see it as a complete mess and just a tool of government to give the illusion of choice. upside-down and inside-out ;) |