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Limited Government The Ghost of Auschwitz I am the ghost of Auschwitz I have a tale to tell Of the stench of death that rose from the pits The stench from the bowels of hell. The smoke of murder filled the air Our souls were full of dread And every morn a corpse would stare Frozen in his bed. Cold and hungry slaves were we Each waiting for the end In tattered shreds of tapestry That only death could mend. The spider's thread was thicker Than the will to live each day, As the slaughter came on quicker And the devil had his way. His Nazi beasts devoured us whole, Millions snuffed with poison gas. A ghost am I - incorporeal soul, Too quickly did my young life pass. So hear my tale, recount it well Of the Holocaust, of the days of woe, Of the time of the sleeping sentinel Who let this happen years ago. Arise, make noise, sound the alarm Lest the beasts return and do you harm The battle is man against the state - Fight well and hard for the hour is late. Guard against abuse of power, Limit what the state can do. We're coming to the eleventh hour, And the state is coming after you! ------------------------------------ As we live in the shadow of the bloodiest century (in which governments killed at least a hundred million people), how is it possible that there are so many supporters of the all-powerful state? Belief in altruism and religion justify, in most people's minds, a government strong enough to implement social programs, or (shudder) the will of god. Until we (the majority of society -- not just Objectivists and libertarians) agree on the purpose of government as defined by our Founding Fathers, we will live under the threat of an agency that is supposed to make our lives safe.
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