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'scape, 2011, 20th century, 4*, capitalism, compromise, debt, economics, exchange, Have, history, MacMillan, market, politics, speech, voices
bargain
MacMillan said most of our people
have never had it so good
he also asked is it too good
to last but too late the machine
kicked in an end to austerity
sacrifice for principle was noble
but poor and grey and make-do
and foggy and black-smirched and
conservative and Power gave sacrifice
a new lease of life – good
for a century – making Have
glamorous attainable extendible
a need
the great smoke-and-mirror
was that you had to pay
more than you buy that
you had to become
the infrastructure that let you choose
and you had to choose the infrastructure
that let you become
the great smoke-and-mirror
was a deferred compromise
in the form of a transaction:
to Have in exchange for
the freedom to be
the freedom to choose in exchange for
the freedom to think
the freedom to have opinion
in exchange for a dialectic
the freedom to express
in exchange for a voice
the provision of health
in exchange for understanding
the provision of education
in exchange for growth
the provision of security
in exchange for safety
the provision of safety
in exchange for security
the opportunity of investment
in exchange for regulation
the opportunity of power
in exchange for principle
the opportunity of beauty
in exchange for maturity
the opportunity to vote
in exchange for a colourful market centre
‘mush tuppence a’penny
loose ‘nanas ‘a bob
‘berries too fer won
‘seems like a good deal
‘everything you could need
for a full and satisfactory life
I’m not askin’ f’yer gratitude
I’m not even askin’ f’yer loyalty
I’ll tellyawot – an’ I’m doin’ mesself in’ere –
DONE! fer just a carton
of yer long-life debt
‘keeps fresh fer generations
summink for yer grandchildren m’luv
‘taste ain’t so bad
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20th century & history & voices wormhole: green wine
Have wormhole: ‘just because you do not understand …’
politics wormhole: ‘the politics of Have becomes a morality …’
speech wormhole: ‘ ‘noticed how her hair parted back …’
