Lowkey, Chris Hedges - Skit 1 Soundtrack To The Struggle 2 lyrics
[Lowkey, Chris Hedges - Skit 1 Soundtrack To The Struggle 2 lyrics]
So Karl Polanyi, who you quote
In the book, writes
"There are two kinds of freedom:
One good and the other bad"
Among the latter, he listed
"The freedom to exploit one's fellows
The freedom to make inordinate
Gains without commensurable
Service to the community
The freedom to keep technological innovations
From being used for public benefit
Or the freedom to profit from
Public calamities secretly
Engineered for private advantage
But, " Polanyi continued
"the market economy under
Which these freedoms throve
Also produce freedoms we prize highly:
Freedoms of conscience
Freedom of speech freedom of meeting
Freedom of association
Freedom to choose one's own job
While we might cherish these freedoms
For their own sake
And I'm sure many of us still do
They were, to a large extent
By-products of the same economy
That was responsible for the evil freedoms
And yet, it seems
In this late stage of capitalism
That those evil freedoms have
Vanquished the other freedoms"
In the book, writes
"There are two kinds of freedom:
One good and the other bad"
Among the latter, he listed
"The freedom to exploit one's fellows
The freedom to make inordinate
Gains without commensurable
Service to the community
The freedom to keep technological innovations
From being used for public benefit
Or the freedom to profit from
Public calamities secretly
Engineered for private advantage
But, " Polanyi continued
"the market economy under
Which these freedoms throve
Also produce freedoms we prize highly:
Freedoms of conscience
Freedom of speech freedom of meeting
Freedom of association
Freedom to choose one's own job
While we might cherish these freedoms
For their own sake
And I'm sure many of us still do
They were, to a large extent
By-products of the same economy
That was responsible for the evil freedoms
And yet, it seems
In this late stage of capitalism
That those evil freedoms have
Vanquished the other freedoms"