In the name of
FREE ENTERPRISE
The makers made goods of no use whatever.
Then for these No Goods
Created uses devilishly clever.
To sell deodorants
They created cloth that sweat without labor.
To sell second cars
They put shops in town and houses well out.
To sell warheads
They made up nasty stories about each neighbor.
To sell spectator sports
They created stadia that stayed empty most of the year.
To sell travel they urged people to visit
The places from which their forefathers ran.
To sell pornography they X-rated the naked body.
To sell shotguns
They said a man who didn't shoot ducks
And geese and pheasant wasn't a man.
To sell cigarettes
They said it was mature to be nervous and taut.
To sell retirement cities
They forced people to stop working at mid-life.
To sell computers they claimed
That data was more important than thought.