Popular Poems About Power

We will never know how many millions Stalin killed
This man always gets a free pass
Russians still rank him as a great leader
Another bloodthirsty czar, murdering the lower middle class

Early 1930's, Stalin nearly had a million of his own citizens executed
Forced labor, deportation, famine, massacres, detention and prosecution
Chewed up the lives of human beings in the name of a transformative vision of Utopia
The Ukrainian famine was triggered by the destruction of Kulak farmers, a hellish dystopia

3 million to 5 million peasants died of...

It's inconvenient to follow rules
when getting ahead is all that you want
and not a feeling of guilt which will haunt
like it does to morality fools
who aren't really trying if they don't cheat
or use a loophole like the lawyers do
keeping rights for just them and not for you
by twisting a law into a deceit
well covered by amendment number five
when they know that telling the truth will hurt
if perjury and proof might contravert
your testimony as more gangster jive...
and we can't have that when there's crime to do ...

They're not your friends to lend a helping hand
They don't care about you, they're psychopaths
No concern for what is sold,
as long as it's profitable
Wealth is the single purpose
There is no pride for a product
Eaten alive by another,
acquisition, merger
Take the foundation to decorate the top
Without a base, the pyramid will collapse
There must be continuous growth to survive
No one can ever be satisfied
Discomfort is the key to a robust economy
Keep consumers always wanting, keep people unhappy
The world is conquered,...