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Collectivism: an analogy of crowded chicken coops


Small minded state pooling,

Chickens in a cage.

Carved for display.

Squaks yell: "Rage!

Let me range, free."

They may cut wings off

Don't fly

Might make the other birds feel bad,

Cry.

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