Consider yourself a sovereign state
Free from thievery in the name of what’s right
Absent are the hands that loot your wallet
Know that that which you own is your own
Gone now are the arms of aggression
Which were once pointed your way
Replaced now with handshakes of exchange
Symbols of peaceful voluntary trade
Free to do as you please in your domain
Irrelevant are the “laws” you should disdain
Remember that morality trumps all else
And that no man is above another
You don’t need the state
Fuck their anthemic praise
To the state they are the slaves
Statist sheep in pseudo-holy awe
To elected officials – their human Gods
Cock in hand they salute the flag
In moments of silence saluting dead men
Murdered by the state that they love
Without any consultation from above
Raised to never question taught “truths”
As Plato said, the cave is comforting
Those who leave are blinded by light
As such, they chant ignorance is bliss
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