Slacktivism, by Before Stories

Slacktivism

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“Pity the nation whose people are sheep,
and whose shepherds mislead them.
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced,
and whose bigots haunt the airwaves.
Pity the nation that raises not its voice,
except to praise conquerors and acclaim the bully as hero
and aims to rule the world with force and by torture.
Pity the nation that knows no other language but its own
and no other culture but its own.
Pity the nation whose breath is money
and sleeps the sleep of the too well fed
Pity the nation — oh, pity the people who allow their rights to erode
and their freedoms to be washed away.
My country, tears of thee, sweet land of liberty.”

"First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the immigrant
And I did not speak out
Because I was not an immigrant
Then they came for the poor
And I did not speak out
Because I was not one of the poor
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me"

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released June 1, 2017

Lyrics inspired by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (A Coney Island Of The Mind)
and Martin Niemöller.

Artwork by Jordan's Doodles
www.facebook.com/perspexavenger

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Before Stories Aberdeen, UK

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