Red, White, and You

[ellajam]

Hi, mrweiner, sorry it took me so long to get to my critique.

Fascism? This again? Flags are in, citizen,
yours are right there between Finley and Finnigan,
fold them up, faster, for children and women, men,
help us ensure that the U.S. will win again.

I have trouble figuring out what's going on here. Google was no help with Finley and Finnigan so I'm left with the citizen fitting in alphabetically, which leads me to everyone folding, bolstered by the L3 list. Folding flags mean military death to me, so everyone's getting killed? If I'm correct, for me that's a long way to go to get there.

You do want our country to prosper, correct?
You want to keep all of your freedoms intact?
You like having money and like to expect that
you're worth more than others whose thoughts you reject?

I'm reading this from a US point of view, I can't find anything to point me elsewhere. That said, I have a problem with the last line here. I don't think the wanting more money is to have more than those who think differently, the disdain is there rich or poor. This is not to say it is not about money, only to say when you're better than everyone it really doesn't matter what they think or have.

Then listen up, now, I'll not say it once more,
you've got to speak faster to even the score,
don't think before arguments, march out your door,
go level the field 'tween our rich and their poor.
I like the first 3 lines, the speaking faster, but in L4 I don't think anyone wants to really level the playing field, certainly not to be on an even par with "their poor". Am I missing the point here?

The terror is brown and the job thiefs are yellow,
your wives can hang out but they'd better stay mellow,
the black ones do drugs so we pen them in ghettos,
don't venture there, you're all respectable fellows.
L2 I'd prefer something other than "hang out", maybe "get jobs".  

Be careful with news because as you're aware
so much of it's lies that are crafted to scare,
that's why we're preparing our our state-sponsored air
at which you can smile, nod, cheer, stomp or stare.
I like this until "stare", seems there for the rhyme.

Your unions are dated, they squabble unneeded,   
our corporate shepards will lead you to eden
and baptize with gold all your trickle down defects,
diseases we wish weren't left so untreated.
The first 2 lines yes, after that I'm not sure who you mean or what the defects and diseases are.

So, Facism, citizen? That claim's a fad,
the fact that you think that we're headed there's sad,
forget that you thought it, its loss ironclad, 
get back to your place over there folding flags.
I like the end.

So, I'm sorry if I missed things I should have gotten but that's where I am. Now I get to read the other crit, which I only glanced at first time around. Good luck with this, and if you're not of a mind to work on it, sorry for the bump.