Arrogance

Let’s ride on the wave of hatred

First Trump, then Brexit 

People are idiots! Give them a vote! 

They’ll believe anything (especially if its on the side of a bus)

I don’t even need to debate! 

Just churn out xenophobia and scapegoats

Feed the machine

They’ll fund our champagne lifestyle,

As long as we keep them scared.

A fool-proof system,

Apart from the fact that it relies on fools to survive.

Undecided voters.

Get up. Propaganda for breakfast (TV news)

Lunch (daily paper)

Dinner (social media news)

Being constantly fed fear

As a (strong and) stable diet

Without even realising you’re on a diet 

Of lies and deceit.

We’ll make you work twice as hard (cuts)

And hurt the people you love (more cuts)

And you’ll still tick our box. 

Blame everybody but the bankers

Say austerity enough. 

They’ll pay for the fuck-ups of those at the top!

They’ll pay and they’ll pay and they’ll pay.

Then we’ll take their libraries and small pleasures

Beaten down for eight long years

Until there’s no fight left

We’ll rip apart this humanitarian opposition like dogs with a fox

Because he’s a threat to our system

Rigged for the few 

Paid for by the many 

We’ll do anything and everything possible

To hang on to power

We’ll reach new lows

And how we’ll laugh

If they fall for it all (again)

And forget that they can’t turn back time

Or bother to read the facts

After the event.