The Barren Tree of Democracy
Why do we sit continually under this barren tree? Why do we not curse it, as Christ cursed the barren fig tree that gave him no fruit when he hungered?
The world is hungry. We hunger for justice and peace. We are born into a state of hunger, cut off from our mother and turned out to a cruel world as orphaned beggars. We are robbed daily of our peace. Our energy and joy are eaten day and night to fuel the extracting machines of this world: industrialism, capitalism, consumerism. Brutalized, where in this world can we turn for justice? No where.
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