Perennial Campaign Tactics

Campaign Tactics

People are dumb,
People are dumb,
Promise 'em peace and kingdom come.

People are dopes,
People are dopes,
Play on their peeves, play on their hopes.

Make 'em feel mad,
Make 'em feel mad,
Everything's lousey, everything's bad.

Make 'em afraid,
Make 'em afraid,
Show 'em they're dupes, tricked and betrayed.

Then if they bite,
Then if they bite,
You will have fools to fight your fight.
—Marya Mannes, Subversive, 1959.