Corporations are humans, it's said
They're born, they live, then they're dead
When they're faced with a war
They settle the score
By soaking their ledgers in red
The United States seems to forget that it survived its own revolution (and concomitant birth pangs) over two centuries ago, replacing the autocratic/aristocratic government of England with some crazy ideas about "We the People." Cut to the present and the same country, fast losing the sheen and gloss on its own mythology, has gotten older and corrupt, having morphed into a warped, Fun House mirror of its former self. It has become a place where clinging to the past is woven in with an addiction to profits and global hegemony.
Though one may mask our sober concerns as fealty to Israel, don't be thrown: the worry here is about markets and who will continue to dominate them. Freedom and democratic participation is always a threat to business as usual. Egypt will face its own guns--will it kill itself or will it see a way out? I hope and trust that Egypt will endure!
Corporations are humans, it's said
They're born, they live, then they're dead
When they're faced with a war
They settle the score
By soaking their ledgers in red
The United States seems to forget that it survived its own revolution (and concomitant birth pangs) over two centuries ago, replacing the autocratic/aristocratic government of England with some crazy ideas about "We the People." Cut to the present and the same country, fast losing the sheen and gloss on its own mythology, has gotten older and corrupt, having morphed into a warped, Fun House mirror of its former self. It has become a place where clinging to the past is woven in with an addiction to profits and global hegemony.
Though one may mask our sober concerns as fealty to Israel, don't be thrown: the worry here is about markets and who will continue to dominate them. Freedom and democratic participation is always a threat to business as usual. Egypt will face its own guns--will it kill itself or will it see a way out? I hope and trust that Egypt will endure!
Israel is bravely defending one and a half million Palestinian prisoners from the ravages of humanitarian aid. Abraham wept.
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