When we sit, we wonder why
Life is so upending.
There are people who will try
To get you on them spending.
What was that you said about
Youth indoctrination?
I, for one, have no doubt
This is how you rule a nation.
The indignation you can stir up
With talk of patriotism;
You can ride them in stirrups
Straight up to Big Capitalism.
Teach them to cut off their own noses.
Funny how no one opposes
When you feign to step outside the law
And do something raw,
So long as it serves convictions
And tempts our predilections.
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When you've got the nation indoors
And you need to hear some applause
There's seldom a thing more hearty
Than a Boris lockdown party.
Hey ModB - A bit late I know, but better late.......
The links you make between consumption, patriotism as diversion (misdirection?) is well made.
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