10 – Force changes from top down instead of allowing choices.
9 – Throw out rule of law (baby) to get rid of injustice (bathwater).
8 – Define diversity to mean all people must talk and think alike.
7 – Censor any contradicting opinions or disagreeable science.
6 – Hope that weak family bonds will strengthen social fabric.
5 – Live entitled; expect government to supply every need.
4 – Assign politicians as gods in control of natural disasters.
3 – Incentivize irresponsibility while punishing productivity.
2 – Promote mob rule as higher value than individual rights.
1 – Polarize the public, demonize dissenters, create civil chaos.
It’s not very poetic, more of a list on the “folly” theme…linking to dVerse 🙂
a poem in my pocket 
Nov 01, 2020 @ 04:50:12
Awesome list, it is a poetic proverb!
Nov 01, 2020 @ 14:37:29
Glad you like it…thanks for reading!
Nov 01, 2020 @ 16:13:15
you are very welcome
Oct 30, 2020 @ 11:35:53
Pure unadulterated folly ….. you aced it!
Oct 30, 2020 @ 14:09:39
thanks, Helen 🙂
Oct 30, 2020 @ 06:32:45
We all have much to learn. (K)
Oct 30, 2020 @ 14:10:56
Truly, we all do.
Oct 30, 2020 @ 03:17:51
Your list of follies reads like a recipe for disaster, Lynn. I’m pleased you included entitlement – one of the biggest reasons for the spread of Covid. pandemic. It is such a troubled time in almost all parts of the world. I hope we come out the other side.
Oct 30, 2020 @ 14:12:17
I hope so too…thanks, Kim.
Oct 29, 2020 @ 21:26:46
Oh, I’ve been a little news out lately, so I’m really glad that I left current events programming to pop in here and read some poetry.
Wow dis is gooood.
Oct 30, 2020 @ 01:57:05
Thanks…we’re all getting a bit newsed out, Ron 🙂
Oct 29, 2020 @ 19:47:07
Your countdown to the election says it all!
Oct 29, 2020 @ 19:12:49
Evocative write, Lynn! Folly is a fickle fiend that seeks to wrap its hands around and grip tightly We mustn’t lose focus.
Oct 30, 2020 @ 01:55:04
Folly is a fickle fiend, for sure, Sanaa!
Oct 29, 2020 @ 18:25:13
It sometimes feels that these 10 have replaced our civil rights. Let’s hope another shift, to a better place for all, is on the horizon. Our lives depend on it.
Oct 30, 2020 @ 01:54:06
A shift is needed… in hearts and minds.
Oct 29, 2020 @ 17:27:04
I wish I could “like” this multiple times — perhaps once for each item on the list!
Oct 29, 2020 @ 17:44:57
Thanks, Jenna…i’m gratified that you “like” all ten!
Oct 29, 2020 @ 16:54:01
Indeed… this works well for the strongest who can grab what they can without any control.
Oct 29, 2020 @ 17:43:43
You are right, Bjorn. We need restraint, self-control, really.
Oct 30, 2020 @ 06:26:34
Freedom without restraint is worse than control
Oct 29, 2020 @ 16:37:04
You got that right!
Oct 29, 2020 @ 16:10:08
Good description of various forms of folly.
Oct 29, 2020 @ 16:20:51
Thanks for reading, Frank 🙂