This poem and the text following it comes from WikiPedia, and I find it relevant. It is important not to forget that Scott Walker and his ilk of Republican Governors around the country are setting up their states as Oligarch Empires, by systematically removing hard earned gains from groups like Unions, Minorities, the Poor, Voters and Women. It will not be too long before legislation gets floated that requires a Corporate Sponsored RFID Tag to qualify to vote in elections. That is just what Walker and his crew are heading toward. How long before you are a member of more than one of the groups that they are targeting. Don't forget Wisconsin.
- First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
"First they came..." - The origins of this poem first have been traced to a speech given by Niemöller on January 6, 1946, to the representatives of the Confessing Church in Frankfurt.According to research by Harold Marcuse, the original groups mentioned in the speech were Communists, the incurably sick, Jews, and people in occupied countries. Since then, the contents have often been altered produce numerous variants. Niemöller himself came up with different versions, depending on the year. The most famous and well known alterations are perhaps those beginning "First they came for the Jews" of which this is one of the more commonly encountered
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