Are we too competitive?

 

Are we too competitive, 

dog-eat-doggers?

 

Toes on the line,

keep your nose clean,

don't rock the boat,

climb the corporate ladder.

 

Every person,

every organization

for themselves?

 

Some reject this system

but I wonder

how many of us

have internalized

the hyper-competition model

even as we resist capitalism?

 

Do our movements

compete with one another,

helping to keep us isolated

sadly ineffective,

and under corporate control?

 

Compete for money,

media coverage,

volunteers,

'Likes on Fazebook'?

 

Dreams of grandeur,

a spot near the top.

 

Our egos

take a ride

on the cloud of hope.

 

The system

is deeply embedded

in us.

 

Is it possible

to question,

and defeat

institutionalized

Madison Avenue-brand

three-piece suit

fascism?

 

Slavery 

by another 

name.

 

Are we 

too competitive

to come together?

 

Can I take the log

out of my own eye?

 

Bruce