Friday, January 22, 2010

SOME PEOPLE THINK IT'S JUST TOO FUNNY TO PUT HAVING MONEY DOWN, AS 'REVOLUTIONARIES' DO, OR 'LEFTISTS' DO

WELL I DO IT BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS SO DAMN 'EXCLUSIVE', UNCARING, ETC, BUT I REALIZE JUST 'HAVING' MONEY IS NOT A FAULT
NOT HAVING AS MUCH AS EVERYONE ELSE TO AFFORD TO LIVE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IS
WHAT THE REAL PROBLEM IS, NO DOUBT, AND A REAL VEXATION, NO DOUBT
MANY 'HAVES' SYMPATHIZE WITH 'HAVE NOTS', BUT UNTIL PEOPLE REALIZE WHAT EXACTLY
BEING POOR IS, WELL, WE MIGHT AS WELL ALL JUST VOLUNTEER TO 'ANSWER PHONES',
THINKING THAT IS ANY DIRECT HELP TO PEOPLE WITH NOT ENOUGH TO EAT
DREAM ON, OBVIOUSLY NO ONE HAS GOTTEN THRU THAT THICK WALL AROUND YOUR 'GATED'
PROPERTY, OR WILL, IF YOU THINK THAT WAY
THE WHOLE POINT IS THERE ARE FOLK THAT DON'T HAVE WHAT YOU DO TO SURVIVE, NEVER
MIND THE ISSUE OF 'MONEY'
WHEN WE SAY WE'RE NOT COMPARING BANK ACCOUNTS AS A HOBBY, WE'RE NOT
ASKING YOU FOR YOUR 'MONEY', BUT HELP WITH THE RESOURCES YOU HAVE BUT WE DON'T
THE SYSTEM WE HAVE IS HEARTLESS, IT DEMANDS WE 'HUMILIATE', THEN 'PUNISH' THOSE WHO DON'T 'MAKE THE GRADE', NEVER MIND HOW, JUST DO IT, THEY DESERVE IT
WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF YOU ARE FINDING OUT, FIRSTHAND NOW, HOW COMPLETELY
WRONG YOU HAD IT, ALL THIS TIME
MR COHEN SAYS, THIS IS 'WHERE THE HEART NEEDS TO OPEN IN SOME FUNDAMENTAL WAY",
HE DOESN'T SAY IT'S ABOUT 'MONEY' ANYWHERE IN THAT SONG
IF YOU BELIEVE IN 'JUDGEMENT DAYS', GOD AIN'T GONNA JUDGE YOU BY THE AMOUNTS OF 'MONEY' YOU HAD, OR NOT EVEN ON YOUR COMPARATIVE WEALTH
HE'S GONNA JUDGE YOU ON WHETHER YOU HELPED ANYONE, OR CARED FOR ANYONE,
OR EVEN WISHED TO, OR WHETHER YOU CAUSED ANY OF THIS MISERY, BY OMISSION,
OR ACTIVELY
THINK ABOUT IT, THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN, DUMMY, IF YOU JUST IGNORE OTHER PEOPLES' 'BAD LUCK'
'BAD LUCK', WHAT BETTER WAY NOT TO CARE, OR ACT POSITIVELY, THE GREATEST
COP-OUT INVENTED YET, WHAT A MARVEL OF DOUBLE-SPEAK REALLY
IT WOULD EVEN ABSOLVE YOU, IF YOU WERE A SLUM LORD SOMEWHERE, STICKING IT TO EVERYONE ELSE, WOULDN'T IT?


LEONARD COHEN LIVE IN LONDON | Democracy | PBS

COME TO THINK OF IT, FUCK YOUR MONEY AND STUPID RICH-PERSON ATTITUDE, WE REALLY
ARE BETTER OFF WITHOUT IT, THERE, I SAID IT, CALL ME A 'REVOLUTIONARY'
JUST REMEMBER MY COMPLAINT, AND WHAT IT MEANS, WHEN YOU ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE GUILLOTINE, THAT GREAT LEVELLER OF PLAYING FIELDS

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