POST-DEMOCRACY: a dirge on burgeoning American plutocracy There never was an election . . . only a pseudo-democratic facade No candidates were present – just front-row mannequins and back-seat gods The whole thing was manipulation – brain-washing as subliminal art The best way to kill democracy is to manipulate it so smoothly no one notices the subtle strings When action and words become far apart trust become a 3-second phenomena: a mere commodity in the global-mart Terri: Pretty cynical, eh? Tim: It's tempting to be that way. Nearly every American is the victim of massive disinformation. Sam: (shaking his head) Shucks! I don't wanna think 'bout dis. It'z too damn depressin'! Kris: Don't worry – the people in office don't want you to think about it either. ================================================================================= from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: Some thoughts about money politics and the manipulation of so-called democracy KEYWORDS: democracy's demise, post-democratic, manipulating democracy, money politics Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 2001 in Nagoya, Japan / Finished: 2018 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST http://www.tnewfields.info/AmeriSong/prayer.htm TOC http://www.tnewfields.info/AmeriSong/index.html NEXT > http://www.tnewfields.info/AmeriSong/trumpus.htm TRANSLATIONS NIHONGO: http://www.tnewfields.info/jp/posuto.htm ESPAÑOL: http://www.tnewfields.info/es/postdemo.htm