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Dumbocracy

by Hemlok Society

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One nation polarized, letting our differences divide us
While they passed the Patriot Act & Citizens United
Slowly stripped of our rights, silence the victims of violence
Utilizing misinformation: it's the simplest virus
Catering to our basest desires
Turn on the television and stare into the faces of liars
Who's going to slay the giant and pave the way for defiance?
Mr. Smith goes to Washington, modern day David & Goliath
In a claymation climate to keep demonstrations quiet
So as not to disturb the corporation's clients
Someone wake up the pilot before we hit Lady Liberty
NSA one click away from manipulating brain activity
Do we have a signal or just react to symbols?
Every single stimulus causing a digital ripple
Through collective consciousness heed the partisan dog whistle
No lines at the voting booth because they're all at the hospital

Dumbocracy the height of hypocrisy
I wish we had a monarchy where knowledge was king
Instead of this plutocracy, monopoly of oligarchs
It feels like we built this country just to watch it fall apart

Force-feed the morbidly obese government cheese
Give us what we ask for, don't give us what we need
We'll bow down on our knees, yes we'll cow tow if you please
Give us GMOs inject our beef with Mad Cow Disease
We'll squeeze every resource dry and always want more
Ignore the prophecy of the Union between Eagle & Condor
Just pass the popcorn - beating unarmed victims is cop porn
They watched the Zimmerman trial & wanted an encore
Whores of Babylon passed laws to protect their interests
Congress gets to go home and spend your tax dollars at Christmas
They say D.C. is Hollywood for ugly people
If that's the best we can do then fuck the sequel
Primped and primed to pimp on prime time, still ugly inside
Show me an absolute truth I'll show you a government lie
There's a universe dividing fact from ideology
Until we reconcile those differences we'll be stuck in this democracy

Dumbocracy the height of hypocrisy
I wish we had a monarchy where knowledge was king
Instead of this plutocracy, monopoly of oligarchs
It feels like we built this country just to watch it fall apart

Smear campaigns, tear a page out of Atwater's playbook
By the time you figure out it's false: "Ha ha, made you look!!!"
How many fish can we catch with the same hook?
Red herring hiding the fact we're getting took by deranged crooks
Ever since the days of Tammany Hall
The political image has been a masquerade ball
Elections bought & sold by notorious criminals
It's the same game nowadays (just much more subliminal)
What's the difference between a kickback, a SuperPAC and a pact with the devil?
One in the same, go ahead and do the math
It's hard to choose a path when they both go nowhere
I guess we'll have to leave the lesser of two evils to Voltaire
If people "over there" don't care what fate befalls the rest of us
Society has been broken down. Enter the Exodus.
Incestuous bloodlines, negotiations make strange bedfellows
As death echoes through the alleyways of oppressed ghettos.

Dumbocracy the height of hypocrisy
I wish we had a monarchy where knowledge was king
Instead of this plutocracy, monopoly of oligarchs
It feels like we built this country just to watch it fall apart

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released October 31, 2020
Produced by PanAssassin

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