Who are these leaders that we only follow because our paychecks
barely cover us week to week?
These
so-called captains of industry, siphoning off vast and undeserved
riches
Preaching
the value of competition while buying government import tariffs
From
where do they draw the moral authority and social conscience to send
our jobs overseas?
Masters
of simultaneous backbiting and ass-kissing, they have
shoulder-climbed to the top
Faceless
drones in expensive suits, piously mouthing an ambiguous patriotic,
political correctness
People
who do not write and let others read their email, yet make great
decisions
Their
Insular MBAs, lawyers and accountants provide all the counsel they
might ever need
Great
swashbuckling heroes who lack the courage to meet the eyes of those
they pay
Half
man, half mannequin, parroting pre-digested, nonsensical,
pre-recorded pabulum
Intrepidly
guiding that great ship of capitalism from high above in a rich
suite, safe on shore
Trained
in the arts of cronyism and influence-peddling, they scuttle from the
light of inquiry
They
are our great moral beacons, illuminating all that’s good within
our system
Lying
and dealing to raise stock prices, stealing and then floating off
under golden parachutes
Able
to control simpering lackeys with the mere suspicious raising of an
eyebrow
Mouthing
pious platitudes about free trade while bribing officials for
subsidies
Great
patriots and defenders of freedoms with huge secret offshore accounts
Supporters
of human rights running sweatshops throughout the third world
Brave
knights of capitalism on a quest to secretly become Masters of the
Universe
Good
fathers they are, sending our children’s jobs to foreign lands
forever
Far-seeing
leaders whose great vision sometimes might even extend beyond next
quarter’s results
Defenders
of democracy, running brutal, petty, hidden dictatorships all their
own
Falsely
pumping stock prices through churning by formulaic mergers, layoffs
and synergy
Slashing
jobs and benefits by the magic twenty percent analysts approve
Whining
that America requires better education in science and math
Outsourcing
engineering and research jobs, saving money for perhaps one whole
year
Commanding
lavish perqs, bonuses and stock options as star players
Yet,
their actual contributions are not measurable by standard accounting
methods
Treating
the masses like sheep, hand-in-hand with friendly political sock
puppets
They
measure world progress by secret internal financial statements and
stock market numbers
Staying
on message via the media they have simplified and conglomerated
Blithely
not even reporting that which ruffles their sponsor’s agendas
Benevolent dictators of food, fashion, sport, automobiles and
recreation
Agilely
co-opting, cheapening and offshore mass-producing other’s ideas for
quick profits
Marginalizing
dissident voices via their paid professional ‘opinion leaders’
Upbeat
no matter what, and inevitably ‘eager for the chance to clear my
name’ without no comment
Insulated
in estates, limousines and personal jets, they listen to their guts
Their
god-given talents wasted on greed, hubris and corporate politics
Who
are these ‘leaders’ at whose behest politicians rail so
loudly against over-regulation?
Who
spends millions on crafted corporate images which totally bely their
real actions & intentions?
They
preach the wisdom and benevolence of the unfettered free marketplace
Meanwhile,
blackmailing for tax breaks and whining of regulation’s costs in
jobs and money
They
extol the benefits of free enterprise, competition and
entrepreneurship
They
merge and acquire towards a goal of tightly-controlled global
oligarchies
Hiding,
shifting and conniving to ‘make their numbers’ and fool
the analysts
Dumping
pumped, exorbitant stock options at the top of an artificial curve
they created
Lying
about leaving to ‘pursue other interests’ or ‘to
spend more time with their families’
They
feel terrible for employees watching as locked retirement savings
evaporate
How
is it they are revered as all-powerful, absolute, unchallenged
dictators? -
While
always claiming they did nothing and knew nothing of those
many wrongdoings
They
rise based on their need for attention, all consuming greed and
blackhole egos
When
under scrutiny they appear mute in fine suits with expensive lawyers
who do all the talking
They
retreat inside secured compounds saying they look forward to clearing
their names
Once
they have safely sheltered their takings they express their grief and
deepest sympathies
Who
are these swashbuckling lieutenants who cook books to woo the
analysts?
Smirking
masters of slick PowerPoints posturing behind hardwood podiums in
fine suits
Shallow
and petty, vapid and vain, pathologically-focused and viciously
passively-aggressive
Living
proof of the innate infallibility of the so-called blind hand of the
free marketplace
Unrepentant
yet deeply concerned, wrist-slapped, but still our models going
forward
Whining
for subsidies while bribing for reductions in tariffs on their
outsourced goods
Retiring
to supervise the creation of fictional autobiographies and scam
motivational courses
Who
are these polished liars promising the better jobs of tomorrow as
they offshore us forever?
How
is it their compensation skyrockets as they slash wages, jobs,
benefits and pensions?
Faceless
fearless leaders pulling strings behind the scenes, sage masters of
their known universe
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