Padded with power here they come international loan sharks backed by the guns of market hungry military profiteers whose word is a swamp and whose brow is smeared with the blood of the poor Who rob life of its quality who render rage a necessity by turning countries into labour camps modern slavers in drag as champions of freedom Sinister cynical instrument who makes the gun into a sacrament -- the only response to the deification of tyranny by so-called "developed" nations' idolatry of ideology North south east west kill the best and buy the rest it's just spend a buck to make a buck you don't really give a flying fuck about the people in misery IMF dirty MF takes away everything it can get always making certain that there's one thing left keep them on the hook with insupportable debt See the paid-off local bottom feeders passing themselves off as leaders kiss the ladies shake hands with the fellows open for business like a cheap bordello And they call it democracy and they call it democracy and they call it democracy and they call it democracy See the loaded eyes of the children too trying to make the best of it the way kids do one day you're going to rise from your habitual feast to find yourself staring down the throat of the beast they call the revolution IMF dirty MF takes away everything it can get always making certain that there's one thing left keep them on the hook with insupportable debt And they call it democracy and they call it democracy and they call it democracy and they call it democracy https://v.nostr.build/zZPZhQKsO4m0Zig7.mov
I had no idea Bruce Cockburn had this song... And as a Canadian who was forcefed Canadian Content (per govt regulation of the airwaves under the CRTC and CanCon regulations) this is surprising. This was released in 1986 when MuchMusic (Canadian MTV) should have been playing it, but instead they pushed his "if a tree falls" (1988) enviro activist song. Now, I was just talking with my son yesterday on Colonialism vs Globalism (same thing, really, just with advanced tech and more efficient/less mess for the perpetrators) and will have to share this with him. Thanks!
This video is good writing juice.