Never...

Never ride a bandwagon, though it's rolling
towards glory and damnation
all at once.
There'll always be another,
though the driver's changed.
Bigger, good, greener, inclusive-ist.
Take care with -ists,
they cuff the wrists
of others.

Never underestimate the public's poor taste:
don't count on altruism, or even
enlightened self-interest.
There will always be the other,
though his label's changed,
subversive meta-nihilist?
Beware of -ists,
they keep their lists,
of “others”.