Our privacy is a fundamental necessity and right, and the thought that powerful entities might abuse that right in order to gain information and sales is a critical issue worldwide for all of us.
How can we know of an issue if the ones giving out the information are the ones in the middle of the issue? How can we be free and informed? It seems that a whole lot of people may know a whole lot of things. When the canaries that whistle and sing in a coal mine go quiet, it signals a great danger.
Mass media is an interesting entity, as it carries a feeling of legitimacy and trust, yet is really like Plato’s cave. We see shadows on a cave wall and think they’re real, especially if we’re told they’re real by an entity we trust. Over and over.
What do these entities know? What’s behind the shadows? Who has their hands in whose pockets? We’ll probably never know.
Elaine Diane Taylor
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Hands in the Pocket So this is the news of our world today Is this how the powerful get it done? With hands in the pockets With hands in everybody’s pockets Just listening to what everybody says Who’s gonna stand when the whistle blows Who’s gonna stand when that whistle blows Who’ll take the stand Who knows So this is the news across the pond today Sad news, canaries sing Of hands in the pockets Of hands in everybody’s pocket Sing, sing Who’s gonna stand when the whistle blows Who’s gonna stand when that whistle blows Who’ll take the stand Who knows I want to know How deep the pockets go I want to know Why the canaries are covered in coal I want to know Why they’ve all gone cold So this is the news of the world today Is this how the powerful get it done With hands in the pocket With hands in everybody’s pocket Just listening to what everybody says Who’s gonna stand when the whistle blows Who’ll take the stand when that whistle blows Who know how deep it all goes
words and music Elaine Diane Taylor
