The difficulty to conceive
Is that so vast a number
Of my compatriots believe
Good lies in moral slumber:
Is “Blood and soil” good or bad?
Exterminate the Jews?
A parity they will have had
That will exploit those views.
“Good people stand upon both sides
Of the dividing line,”
They say, as though that which divides
Were but a thing benign.
“To slander to achieve our ends
In service of our party
Is justified” —on this depends
The self-deception smartly.
A healthy chunk of citizens
Abhor the rule of law
Provided its own party wins—
That is the truth told raw.
The rule of law, so well disdained
So easily ejected,
By those who want evil explained
And in a way protected.