It's surprising to think that your poem is just as relevant today, as it was when people were still fighting for liberty against colonizers and foreign invaders. The only difference now is the people curtailing liberty have become smarter and cleverer in their propaganda. You said it yourself,

"Quantitative easing."
"Your fair share," "Do your part."
Talking heads have turned deception
Into a high art.

And sadly, they are working. They're succeeding. Actions, which a few years ago, wouldn't have passed as humane or acceptable now have flying banners under their "war on crime", "war on [insert something that rational people really want to curtail or stop]". But really, they're not waging a war on crime, or whatever. They're just using them to add some sense of legitimacy to their actions. I mean, I want crime to stop, but that's not what they're doing, is it?