"Political noise"? Rather discussing trivial things is a political statement as well, and to my ears the true cacaphony in all this. Those who lead the count

"Political noise"? Rather discussing trivial things is a political statement as well, and to my ears the true cacaphony in all this. Those who lead the country into the abyss Call ruling too difficult For ordinary men. Ah, what an age it is When to speak of trees is almost a crime For it is a kind of silence about injustice! Bertold Brecht, "To Posterity" (1939)