We Are Led By The Manipulative Poem by Francis Duggan

We are led by the manipulative of us what does this say
We must be very gullible in a naive sort of way
We vote them into office on Election Day
From our past mistakes we never learn though for our mistakes we pay
The Government we elect to power the reflective mirror of who we are
And since 'tis us who did give them the power to order the troops to war
The majority of the voters it does seem must see war as quite okay
But 'tis only the mother is left to grieve where her son the dead hero lay
In our achievements in science and technology we have something to celebrate
Yet in our self destructive environmental practices global warming we create
We worry about the Worldwide economic depression yet the thing the economy is built on we destroy
For the future of the Human Race every young girl and boy
And on our path to self destruction our Government leads the way
I only can feel sympathy for the children of today.