And watch as nothing
ever exhausts
Our Machiavellian
leaders' use
Of the media to win
at all costs.
False story lines
prevail.
To hell with
accuracy and precision.
Sowing distrust of
higher learning
Solidifies their
paranoid vision.
Watch how their
destructive disdain
For expertise gains
vitality
As people's opinions
and feelings stomp
On any form of
objective reality.
Watch as they
rewrite history;
Notice how data can
be erased
As they become
suspicious of much
Information that's
science-based.
Language becomes
weaponized:
Hyperbole, salacious
lies,
And slippery
superlatives
Celebrate truth's
demise.
Party loyalty: that
is key.
All that matters is
the sale.
Hijacking democracy
Becomes the goal:
the holy grail.
Mobilized by
grievance, they
Inflame fear and
anger. They hope
That we will find
scapegoats to blame
When we are at the
end of our rope.
A general illiteracy
On issues that
affect our lives
Keeps us all in
doubt while they
Create fake news and
sharpen their knives.
Ah, how they want
you to fear
Government, which is
ironic,
For they themselves
are government.
Look at their smiles,
cold and sardonic.
Give equal weight to
both
Sides of arguments,
they say.
That's how they can
justify
Bigotry and lead us
astray.
While extremist
views go mainstream,
Blurred lines make
life hazy.
Keep watering
narcissism,
And you will see it
grow like crazy.
Their careful
manipulation of language
Proves how much
their rhetoric's swollen.
The people find it
hard to accept
That basic freedoms
are being stolen.
As we lament the
death of truth
And wonder how it
came to pass,
Before we cast blame
we must
Peer into the
looking glass.
-by Bob B (9-28-18)
*Inspired by The Death of Truth by
Michiko Kakutani
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