The middle path for society

"Democracy's bad", say the Leftist comrades,

"Communists - Oh autocrats", says the Democrat's tirade.

Here's the communist on society's health:

Champions of free markets, usurp the poor man's wealth,

Cancer of consumption shall destroy society in stealth.

Equal treatment, equal rights, equal possessions,

Are the only mantras for a smooth progression

Says the Free marketer, poles apart in thought

That equality is an illusion the Communists sought

Freedom to act and to be what you want to be

Is the only way to be happy.

Amidst this fight for a better world

Springs an idea that is rather old

Democracy or communism, doesn't matter,

The people who make it are the ones who matter.

Think not of a system so deeply, but think

Of making people who can rightly think

Good men think good and build a society good

But arguments quite good set a different stage,

"The idea of good", they say, "has not not yet come of age."

No good exists and nothing bad too say the Leftists

And good's subjective say the Democratic pacifists

But what good is it if none knows what's good?

I say he's good who thinks of other's good.

And we want men who think of people's good

Neither freedom absolute nor full control

But a balance that makes man value both,

Is what will align all keeping freedom intact

A free controlled society, a thought of the East so old

Is so complex, so simple an idea of gold.