Dennis Spilchuk Poet Verse

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Economic Racism

Economic Racism

Would a person be a lesser human being
If they were to replace the iron links
Around their necks with gold chains,
Or the shackles on their wrists and ankles
With gold bracelets?
Would they be considered compromised
To the devil in exchange for indulgence?

Would a person be any less a Christian
For questioning God’s omnipotence,
When expressing sympathy for the devil,
And accepting justifications for tyrannical behaviours
In conquering lands, and for subduing the inhabitants
And replacing them with foreigners,
And exploiting the indigenous peoples’ resources?

Ah! But you say, “Look at the good.”
When the lamb is slaughtered,
Should the living sheep praise the butcher?
Capitalism is an inherited proposition
Rooted in racism and based on economic exploitation.
“Ah!” But you say, “It is the best there is.
Sit back, relax, and enjoy the situation.”

So, the old is recycled until leveraged no more,
And new money is printed and used to steal from others
(By fudging numbers based on projections to make it work),
While the system’s puppeteers expound on theologies and ideologies,
Using chemicals to brainwash children while praising dictators
(As if they were champions of equality in the power struggle)
To erase individual identities to appease them, their masters;
Some things change, and some things never.

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