(With an empire in each pocket): down with the empire!
When I was a kid, sometimes the tv would show scenes of fisticuffs in Parliaments in faraway countries. For a six year old, This was high politics.
We were totally gonna give you freedom, but then you said those words during your protest, made us all feel icky. Guess we’re gonna have to keep up this brutal occupation… maybe we expand into Lebanon, not sure if we’ll have enough time.
Time to time, the Europeans would come… buy a couple kids waiting in the parking lot of a supermarket some candy before leaving the country as some neighborhood or another burned.
Seasonally, Each of us, according to our fate, Turn to the world And scream, “Why won’t you do anything? Why won’t you say anything?” Seasonally, Each of us, according to our fate, Turn to our neighbor And shrug, “Why didn’t you do anything? Why didn’t you say anything?”
When it boomerangs
Showing up against the struggles of others while insisting the world show up for ours. What ever can go wrong?
Mfers will be like "oh my God, this is awful" as they see a genocide unfolding, but then when you suggest that maybe we should do something about it they're like:
Once they’re done culling us, they will come for you.
Sometimes the playa will punish you for coming to Black Rock City. This is a good thing.