by Patrick Devlin
Thank you NSA, for deciding that I cannot have privacy…ever : your fascism is breathtaking.
Thank you oligarchs, for decimating the middle class and ending class mobility forever : your greed is stultifying.
Thank you industrial farmers, for killing the soil with chemicals : your destroying biodiversity is unceasing.
Thank you media moguls, for neutering necessary news and for creating ‘infotainment’ : your selling out democracy is complete.
Thank you Christian zealots, for excusing your bigotry by twisting theology : your interpretations justify child killing.
Thank you Republicans, for mixing class war, imperial war & religious war into a poisonous & deadly cocktail : your fascism is willing.
Thank you Democrats, for the unabashed sellout : your fealty to the rich exposes you as shameless lapdogs.
Thank you military, for policing streets in countries we’ve invaded : your providing muscle for corporate raiders was predicted.
Thank you police, for militarizing our cities : your shift from protecting people to protecting capital was expected.
Thank you free market maniacs : your commodification of our air, water & personal relationships has left our lives and loves bereft.
Thank you, the instigators, there’s Something in the Air
We’ve got to get together sooner or later – the revolution’s here.
And you know that it’s right.
