Power's Lies, Power's Guise

The institutions you’ve relied on have betrayed you

They have enriched themselves at your expense

Offering the choice of authoritarianism and worse

Destroying the very planet with their greed

This dystopia was created without your consent

The lie that you are powerless used to keep you weak

But you are neither weak nor powerless

And you need not fear these cowards in power’s guise.

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