Propaghandi - The State-Lottery lyrics

rate me

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The now the real prospects for authentic democracy depend on something else. they

depend on how the people in the rich and priveliged societies learn some other

lessons. for example the lessons

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Are being taught right now like the mayans in chiapas, mexico. they are among the

most impoverished and oppressed sectors in the continent. but unlike us they retain

a vibrant tradition of liber

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D democracy. a tradition that we've allowed to slip out of our hands or has been

stolen from us. and unless people here in the rich and privileged society, unless

they can recapture and revitali

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At tradition, the prospects for democracy are indeed dim.

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Does it seem strange to you? the confetti. the balloons. the mile-wide grins and the

victory dance to welcome in the heir to a state of (utter and complete) disrepair?

because it sure seems stra

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O me: they're acting like they won the fucking lottery! i mean, shouldn't they feel

terror at the task that lies ahead: to feed and house the people that this system's

left for dead. and could i

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Hit the nail much harder on the head? it's profits before lives. they are motivated

by greed. first they taught us to depend on their nation-states to mend our tired

minds, our broken bones, ou

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Eding limbs. but now they've sold off all the splints and contracted out the

tourniquets and if we jump through hoops then we might just survive. is this what we

deserve? to scrub the palace flo

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To fight amongst ourselves? as we scramble for the crumbs they spit out, frothing at

the mouth about the scapegoats that they've chosen for us. with every racist pointed

finger i can hear the go

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Teps getting closer. they no

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Longer represent us so is it not our obligation to confront this tyranny?

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