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WHAT HAPPENS
It has happened
and it goes on happening
and will happen again
if nothing happens to stop it

The innocent know nothing
because they are too innocent
and the guilty know nothing
because they are too guilty

The poor do not notice
because they are too poor 1/2
2/3
 & the rich do not notice
because they are too rich

The stupid shrug their shoulders
because they are too stupid
& the clever shrug their shoulders
because they are too clever

The young do not care
because they are too young
and the old do not care
because they are too old
3/3
This is why nothing happens
to stop it
and that is why it has happened
and goes on happening and will happen again.

- Erich Fried (translated from the German)
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God save great Thomas Paine,
His ‘Rights of Man’ explain
To every soul.
He makes the blind to see
What dupes and slaves they be,
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Save us good Lord.

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