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Stephen Oliver - The Great Repression
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The Great Repression
Stephen Oliver
Somehow, we must come up with schemes
to make money in these hard times, move sideways.
Maybe we need a new Economic Model, like an
installation set in a large space we can all look at.
Hidden speakers would boom, boom with coda,
counting down the steps to capitalistic Armageddon.
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