The Profiteer

I got the idea for this piece from the book "Economic Hit Man" by John Perkins. A book about exploiting developing nations that makes you want to start lighting s**t on fire after you read it.

If I were a gun runner
or a weapons profiteer
I'd build a solid legacy
A monument of tears

I'd arm the peasant class
Pay them rice and bread
Play them off each other
Until everyone was dead

Take their land away
Drain them dusty dry
Starve them into misery
Let their children die

Murder the intelligent
Exploit the ignorant
Prey upon their petty fears
like a genocidal tyrant

Keep them buried into debt
so their economy is broken
Give them crony leadership
That's nothing but a token

Import labor to their land
Make them slaves to industry
Ruthlessly exploit them
and not pay them anything

Poison their environment
Pour sewage in their wells
Taint the air with chemicals
So disease infects their cells

So they die by tens of thousands
Lots more where they came from
I'll Start another resource war
   and blame it on Islam

It's a game of chess you see
with subhumans of a nation
A surplus mass of indigents
meant for blatant exploitation

From the USA to Africa
All across these fertile lands
You're all just faceless peasants
who played into my hands

Reviews

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Ah that eternal struggle - should we or should we not let these heavy influences seep into us, well you tell this story well - good read.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Thomas

[Will]

Politics and poetry, two of my favorite things. Great poem. I actually thought first of Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears when I read this. Nice piece!

[Baby Ricochet]

I've not read that but I know of the work. I've heard some Indian Casinos won't allow twenty dollar bills in their gaming rooms because of him. Thank you for the review Will

[Will]

Essentially, he threw them out of their homelands to build for the white man's profits, and sent them on long, treacherous marches (similar to those described at Dachau), killing some 20,000 Native Americans (mostly Cherokee) traveling to Oklahoma. He also swindled them out of thousands of dollars and used booze to get them into entirely unfair contracts. A real sly b*****d Andrew Jackson was, and bordering on a psychopathic, genocidal maniac. I'm sorry for the rant, but I've done extensive study on that for schoolwork. And yes, many Indian casinos refuse to accept 20's because of it. I'm always happy to read your works. Write on

[Baby Ricochet]

And he's an American legend? Jesus what an a*****e.

[Will]

Exactly.

[Harrisen Viator]

I absolutely agree with this poem. I really enjoyed reading it, and I must say you did an awesome job of showing the downfalls of our government and showing how everything is not as dandy as everyone seems to think it is. I enjoy your rhyme scheme and the overall tone of this poem.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Harrisen

[Androglossia]

Since the losers were good, the winners were awesome! In this point of time, there is much to condemn. But what's built into the system may never be reformed. Rice. I like Rice. It's our manna from Heaven in our part of the world:) Awesome write. A challenging conjecture.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you maryanne

[Annabelle Lee]

So they die by tens of thousands
Lots more where they came from
I'll Start another resource war
and blame it on Islam

It's a game of chess you see
with subhumans of a nation
A surplus mass of indigents
meant for blatant exploitation

From the USA to Africa
All across these fertile lands
You're all just faceless peasants
who played into my hands

What an awful, amazing, rowdy write. could expect nothing more from the Ricochet!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thanks dog

[Marie]

Spoken like a true demi-god...

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Marie

[RachelReaper]

Just another peasant girl... hm, I suppose. We live, we die, and there's many evil people in between. The world keeps turning, but will it stop?
Sorry, I just ranted there, but anyways great poem, it makes you think about where you are in your life.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Rachel

[Rita L. Sev]

A rant I hear and deliver myself so often, but in far less poetic words. This hits it home, where the real evil lies; and brings out the frustration of knowing that there isn't anything that will stop this kind of greed and exploitation. Great and meaningful write!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you rita

[Cara]

really great, i love it

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Cara

[Cara]

^-^

[Salar Majak]

GOD i love this one!! it's the best of everything you wrote!, greed kills it's owner at last or at least i hope it does, this made me angry, and i LVOE IT!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Aurora