This reminds me of Pastor Martin Niemoller's quote
'In Germany they first came for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me –
and by that time no one was left to speak up.'
Just that gradually the world is getting more and more screwed up, and more people are dying, and no-one is singing their blues, or speaking up for them, because they're too busy enjoying their own happy lives (with all their silk linings) and eventually there's no-one left to speak for them or sing their blues when they finally get destroyed too.
Creepy but powerful.
This reminds me of Pastor Martin Niemoller's quote
'In Germany they first came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me – and by that time no one was left to speak up.'
Just that gradually the world is getting more and more screwed up, and more people are dying, and no-one is singing their blues, or speaking up for them, because they're too busy enjoying their own happy lives (with all their silk linings) and eventually there's no-one left to speak for them or sing their blues when they finally get destroyed too. Creepy but powerful.