 | Untitled Anarchist PoemBy John Cage |
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| Untitled Anarchist PoemBy John Cage |
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Modern Avant-Garde, Musical Composer and Thoreau-Inspired Anarchist
: All of his compositions were difficult to reproduce and perform, which was an embodiment of his anarchist views.... Cage considered himself to be an anarchist, and was inspired by the work of Thoreau. (From: Anarchy Archives.)
• "...work is now obsolete. We have invented machines to do it for us." (From: "Untitled Anarchist Poem," by John Cage.)
• "We have no need for imaginary mountain ranges between separate nations. We can make tunnels through the real ones." (From: "Untitled Anarchist Poem," by John Cage.)
• "Our present laws protect the rich from the poor. If there are to be laws, we need ones that begin with the acceptance of poverty as a way of life. We must make the world safe for poverty without dependence on government." (From: "Untitled Anarchist Poem," by John Cage.)
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Untitled Anarchist Poem
We don’t need government
We need utilities.Air, water, energy
Travel and communication means
Food and shelter.We have no need for imaginary mountain ranges
Between separate nations.We can make tunnels through the real ones.
Nor do we have any need for the continuing division of people
Into those who have what they need
And those who don’t.Both Fuller and Marshal McLuhan
Knew, furthermore
That work is now obsolete.
We have invented machines to do it for us.Now that we have no need to do anything
What shall we do?Looking at Fuller’s geodesic world map
We see that the Earth is a single island, Oahu.
We must give all the people all they need to live
In any way they wish.Our present laws protect the rich from the poor.
If there are to be laws, we need ones that
Begin with the acceptance of poverty as a way of life.We must make the world safe for poverty Without dependence on government.
From : TheAnarchistLibrary.org
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Untitled Anarchist Poem
