The Moral Decline of Norway

The Moral decline of Norway

What I find when reading the comment pages 
in a leading Norwegian newspaper, is the absence
of charity and the arrogance of entitlement,
they will not be sullied by people fleeing famine
and war, they have themselves to blame why 
should we get up from our armchairs and offer help?
It was not always thus, Norway was a small country
with a big heart and they believed in equality.
Then oil was found near the coast and everything 
changed and not for the better, it is about getting
rich quickly and those who makes it are extolled 
and the losers, forgotten. The rich have always been 
egoistic – that is why they are rich- but this immoral 
has infected the working class people who suddenly
get the idea that a workers union is not needed. and 
I ask myself why do we do what is detrimental for our
well being and long term future
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Ward Avatar
June 28, 2015 at 2:12 AM
Blank verse is metrical... Your description should be something else - have a look at definitions. It's prose poetry by the look of it.
Hansen Avatar
June 28, 2015 at 10:03 AM
tough shit
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