Comic Revolutionary Cabaret — Spiritual Transformation & Democracy

Of Course You Have Democracy

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Of course America has Democracy with justice and fairness, one person one vote, laws enacted by majority Of course you have Democracy Of course you do It’s true

Wyoming residents have 40 times more Senate representation than a Californian But of course you have democracy ignore the math Of course you do its true

Popular vote does not determine the President - Electoral College does But of course you have democracy, confusing-fake-American-style Of course you do it’s true

70% of Americans want universal healthcare but your representatives won’t provide it But of course you have democracy expensive sick democracy Of course you do It’s true

85% of Americans want background checks for guns but your representatives give you thoughts, prayers, moments of silence But of course you have democracy, special interest-infected school-shooting democracy Of course you do It’s true

65% of Americans want higher taxes on the ultra-rich but what you get is a tax break for yachts and a lecture on “job creation” But of course you have democracy deformed by oligarchs Of course you do it’s true

70% of Americans want the government to negotiate for affordable drug prices but Big Pharma bribes your representatives But of course you have democracy Of course you do it’s true

65% of Americans want marijuana legalized but what you get is people jailed in privately-owned prisons for possessing a plant But of course you have plutocracy, I mean democracy, I mean rule-by-the-money, I mean rule-by-the-many Of course you do it’s true

65% of Americans want paid family leave after a baby is born, with longer vacations like every other developed nation But of course you have democracy contaminated by capitalism Of course you do it’s true

60% of Americans want the government to raise the minimum wage but that hasn’t happened in the Land of FREEDOM to abuse the working class
 But of course you have Democracy Of course you do It’s true

70% of Americans want abortion legal but the Supreme Court that was never elected and serves a lifetime has decided otherwise But of course you have theocracy Of course you do It’s true

65% of Americans want student debt relief and tuition-free community colleges, 70% want Congress banned from trading stocks, 70% want Citizens United over-turned, 80% want corporations to pay their fair share, with loopholes and tax havens closed, but none of this happens But of course you have democracy lobby-bribed grifting democracy Of course you do it’s true

It costs $2 million to run for Congress $20 million to aim for Senate because you don’t have public funding of elections But of course you have Democracy of course you have Democracy Of course you do it’s true

Are you lying? I mean living? in an imaginary world? Americans are the ostriches of Earth, corporations are people too Of course you have Democracy Of course you do it’s true

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Growing Out of Evil : Call-and-Response

I am a spider, I am a cold-blooded shark, I am a Komodo Dragon, I am a virus, I am a foul flesh-eating parasitic bacteria No, you are a just a normal human being wallowing in average self-disgust I have been evil Me too all of us we all behave badly sometimes I have been naughty nasty malevolent vile Everybody, once in a while, has been cruel and vicious, it’s not a big deal I want to confess in public! I am ashamed of myself! Chill out, dude. Relax. You are already getting too weird Will you confess with me? Please! Confess and we will feel better We are not all ex-Catholics like you I know but still - will you Repent with me? Trust me! Let’s do this! Maybe some of us will accommodate your self-indulgent request I am often petty! Sometimes I am a Diva that wants a Tiara! No one is perfect. We are all flawed and imperfect. There are 57 synonyms in English for bad behavior We are not surprised, English-speaking people are historically rotten We are a flawed and terrible species Some of us are Angels, look on the bright side. Stop complaining. We are Sapiens Psychopathic! Brutal Bipeds. We hurt other people - Why? Nazis, Fascists, and ICE agents deserve it. It is moral to abuse them. Why have I been so bad? So often? You have excuses. Valid reasons. Plus you have No Free Will. I want a path that travels in the air into the light of the sky. Failure is unavoidable. It’s the human experience. Taste the bitterness. I want to make wise decisions but I think I’m trapped on a roller-coaster to hell. We agree. Right now we feel like we’re just following a script someone else wrote for us. I am grumpy when I am stressed. Everyone is like that. You aren’t special at all. What? You aren’t special at all! I want to be a good person all the time Give yourself a break, you big baby I have two demands. The first one is - I was raised in a conservative family. When I’m bad I want consequences. We refuse to punish you. We only offer forgiveness. I want to be encouraged to change. I am a hideous caterpillar that wants to be a butterfly. If you want to be beautiful, we suggest a skin moisturizer. I want spiritual transformation. I want to hide in a cocoon until I mutate into something lovely. Radical change is almost impossible. You should just accept the cards you were dealt with. I want Redemption! I want Ascension! We know you’re an atheist. Stop acting religious. I have a Second Demand, a Big Ask. I want America to Confess! Are you referring to the genocide of Native Americans? The enslavement of Black people? There can be no Forgiveness, no Redemption, without sincere Confession and Reparation. Criminals must Atone. Annexation of Hawaii? Colonization of Puerto Rico? Secret history pages dripping with blood? So much more Vietnam? Iraq? Libya? Palestine? Can I be pure in a polluted environment? I am a shark tempted by tuna. You totally lost us on that metaphor. Our leader, the President, the role model for our children and grandchildren — He is a bloviating repulsive rapist and racist Where is the goodness in our nation? Our history is 250 years of - Greedy murderous exploitation You took the words right out of our mouth I want to be a beautiful butterfly but - None of us are saved unless all of us are saved Our nation needs to be a cocoon of safety and support where we can grow wings Is your cocoon the welfare state? we are the swamp where nothing grows, everything decays We agree with you - our nation needs to be a cocoon of safety and support where we can grow wings together We must spiritually revive ourselves to organize to molt and revolt Let’s shed our despair with ambition for a perfect world Let’s turn into butterflies together Let us leave our worm-like immaturity, our destiny is wings Let’s emerge from our pupae, young and wet with joy Let’s flutter around and find the flowers I want to lick yummy nectar, it’s so sweet We aren’t caterpillars anymore, we’re flying, this is wonderful we’re alive in the wind, flapping our wings We are free and we are good, right? Yes we are free We are butterflies let us fly together into the light of the sky. Into the light of the sky let us fly let us fly together