@KeepTakingTheSoma The Rich Man's Burden Parody of Kipling's "White Man's Burden" by Nina Paley, circa A.D. 2000
Take up the Rich Man's burden-- Send forth the best ye breed To sell your captives products regardless of their need; Go wait, in heavy harness, on bosses far away-- So that your corporate masters can save on workers' pay.
Take up the Rich Man's burden-- In patience to disguise, To veil the threat of terror With media that lies By double-speak and symbol, To serve your Bosses' gain, To seek your Masters' profit And cause your captives pain.
Take up the Rich Man's burden-- The savage Wars of Peace-- Kill, maim, explode, and torture, to make the violence cease; And when your goal is nearest (the growth of markets sought) Watch unemployed consumers bring all your hopes to naught.
Take up the Rich Man's burden-- No iron rule of kings, But rule of Corporations that Globalism brings. Their ports ye shall not enter, Their rugs ye shall not tread, Go, serve them for your living, Go, serve them 'til you're dead.
Take up the Rich Man's burden, and reap his old reward-- Employment for the boring, TV shows for the bored-- The cry of other nations, on whom you force your plight Of quiet desperation With military might.
Take up the Rich Man's burden-- Ye dare not hope for more-- Don't challenge ye the system That churns for greed and war. By all ye will or whisper, By all ye leave or do, Stay silent, sullen peoples, You've got your jobs to do.
Take up the Rich Man's burden! Do not think for yourself! Obey the Bosses' orders-- Half devil and half elf! Work for the Rich Man's profit Die for the Rich Man's war; Take up the Rich Man's Burden And stay forever poor.
Everyone supports Free Speech when they don’t have it. Everyone abuses their power to control speech when they do have it. Principles seldom exceed power.
The Dorx record the day after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, which happens to be the 24th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks. We reminisce about 9-11-01: where we were, how we felt, how we’ve changed since. Then we discuss the current climate of political violence, comparing the reaction to Kirk’s death to that of George Floyd’s. Then Cori edits out 18 minutes about people denouncing him online, because it’s Rosh Hashanah and why carry resentments into the new year? So suddenly you’ll hear both of us talking about kittens.
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