Thursday, May 9, 2019

ode to the left

ode to the left
by: ian "allan poe" crystal

my experiences makes me imagine
what a wonderful world we are in.

not only because i see trees of green and skies of blue
but because inequality is really not an issue.

success is measured by how well your standards and achievements match
that's why the gloomy faces of wealthy germans i can't bare to watch

while the colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
are also on the faces of filipinos going by

our standards are genetic traits that evolved as a result of environmental adaptation
thus my friends in the slums are content even without air condition

robin williams had all the love, money and fame
yet wikipedia has suicide under his name

michael jackson had everything
yet suffered as if he did not have anything

therefore it's more medical
and less political

it's more chronic
and less economic

so don't fear zapatista socialism spreading like wildfire
for european genes of mexicans have encoded materialistic desire

so let there be freedom
and allow libertarian socialism

just like the quaker nation
i watch in reality television

but be careful with social equality
for it's probably just a danish luxury

or we all lose our prosperity and nationalism
like the greeks in a failed democratic socialism

don't assume most americans
are as selfless as the norwegians

for laziness and corruption
can ruin a democratic socialist nation

soviet revolution was easily hijacked by state tyranny
because there is less stability in a true democracy

propaganda did not suppress the goodness of the maori
when they massacred and enslaved the moriori

so it's safer to be lead by the corporate minority
who depends on the majority's economic prosperity

it would have prevented the german majority
from decimating the jewish minorty

it's good to teach pros and cons of the democratic principle
but please complement it with the non aggression principle

or you are no different
than the manufacturers of consent

america already is opportunity paradise
just look at the world so you can realize

joining a cooperative is your priveledge and opportunity
if you really want workplace democracy

corporations compete to serve the majority
or they suffer the same fate as GE

that's why nowhere else can a truck driver or teacher
own nice cars and travel anywhere

a janitor or uber driver
can enjoy golf just like tiger

look at the elegant houses
of ordinary american nurses

but you can live with lots of fun roommates
if you want to save on rent and retire early like bill gates

ask not what your country can do for you
for there is already a lot that you can do

eat kale everyday and exercise regularly
and medicare for all will one day come naturally

just like what sauerkraut and kimichi
is doing for south korea and germany

solar electricity
is now grid parity

and electric car affordability
don't need additional government subsidy

solution to climate change
is in everyone's hands and everyone's range

just educate the people
without crazy political debacle

college education can be online and free
no need to bankrupt the US treasury

it's enough to finish high school
just don't have kids till your job is cool

in any case, get off your ass
and make your kids breakfast

and quit that class warfare trickery
or things might get messy

fight for equal opportunity
but beware equal outcome and jealousy

most importantly, let's end the US atrocities
and foster fair trade with other countries

for protection from a fair and transparent american empire
i'm sure other countries would desire

just like japan and canada
who don't need an armada


(for more of my knowledge bombs, click the "ian's knowledge bombs" banner at the top of this article and choose any article in the table of contents that piques your interest)

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