Challenge #01478-D017: Popular Lies
Write about a false prophet. – @writeaboutnowblr
“And in the bright new age of reckoning, we will no longer have freeloaders sucking on the government teat,” preached the man in the large, bright suit. “There will be no need for government! No need for taxes! Those who can fulfil a need will do so, and those who need will be sated!”
The crowd cheered. Of course they did. It was a message they wanted to hear.
“In this way, and in this way alone, we will be a great nation, once more. We’ll send those who don’t belong back to where they do! We’ll get rid of _all_ the unstable elements! We’re looking out for number one! Who do we look out for?”