Too many people are losing their chains
The only thing they have to lose
Too many people are noticing their chains
That seems to happen when they move
So let's make sure they can't
We'll send in the army to keep them still
Destroy their homes
So they can't escape the chill
And the sound of bombs falling
In the cold night air
We're giving them freedom!
But all those ungrateful barbarians
Do is despair
We'll impose sanctions to
Keep their food and medicine scant
We'll enforce blockades
Put the whole country on a diet
The hungry stay quiet
The sick and dying are obedient
The starving are easy to appease
The homeless are easy to please
They'll buy whatever you want them to;
They'll do whatever you want them to do;
When they're dying and diseased
Business lesson 101:
Everyone's a customer
If you try hard enough
Make them need it
And they'll buy your stuff
You can make anyone a client
If you sell it to ‘em right
The secret is to
Threaten them with violence
The best kind of “voluntary a**ociation”
Is the involuntary kind
Force them into your economic empire
Remind them they're choosing freedom!
Empire guarantees customers
The imperial customer is the most obedient
And devoted of them all
We're giving them freedom!
But all those ungrateful barbarians
Do is despair
Do they even care?
Why aren't they thanking us?
We're giving them freedom
We're selling them chains
The least they could do is thank us