Don’t talk to me about what this man stood for.

I personally don’t care.

Link him with whatever you want, I won’t look it up and will probably say “you’re right.”

Do you know why he wrote this?

He’s dead, and I can’t ask.

What did I hear when I first listened to it?

I heard all of THIS:

America.

For better or for worse.

Not evil.

Not innocent.

No nation is innocent.

Self-destruction being “cool” is on its last legs.

Hating your country is three steps away from hating yourself.

Hating the external can lead to the hatred the internal.

The fractal nature is far more bidirectional that your parents ever told you.

The nature of most things is.

The principles on paper need a far greater execution.

If you’re outsourcing it to the Olympic cycle of the ballot box, you’re a shill for oligarchical eclipsing.

Execute these principles in the world around you,

So Democracy can come to the USA.

The Blood & Rain Poetry Podcast

Episode 3

“Democracy” by Leonard Cohen