The Boomerang

Karl Marx thought that religion Was the opiate of the masses, Which is true as far as it goes. In his times and in the circumstances, He could not have thought better or worse— Not, for instance, of the boomerang, that is, The dialectic of Base and Superstructure, Which could engender a hybrid like hegemony, Which, in turn, enables ruling by consensus; Not to speak of adjunct opiates Like Freudian drives, drink, Vulgar materialism and what not, Which, in the past, have driven Empires to break and kingdoms to crack And, of late, in many ‘Democracies’ and ‘Republics’ Caused women, men, and parties to rise to power, Caused (Swiss) Bank balances and vote banks to overflow! — Ram, R. V.