Democracy/Autocracy
There’s a battle going down
For the best way to control us.
To brainwash us through the media
Or throw us off the bus.
Democracy,
Flawed
But with
Checks and laws.
Autocracy,
Oppression
And control
With vicious claws.
At least in democracy
We have some say.
In a totalitarian country
There’s no way.
Propaganda
Secret Police
The despot’s tools.
Freedom
Of speech
In streets and schools.
If only we had true democracy
With an unbiased media
And no politician’s lies,
No spin, no tricks
No self-serving fools
Or clowns in populist guise.
Until then we’ll just make do.
We can vote them out and renew.
Opher – 21.3.2022
There’s a battle between democracies and autocracies!
Democracies are bad enough – what with spin and lies, propaganda and brainwashing, the population is pulled from pillar to post by the shady characters behind the scene. What with lobbying, corruption, threats and bungs our political system is despicable.
But is I have to choose between this and the brutal repression and loathsome secret police I know which is the lesser of two evils.