WHAT IF? Some Thoughts about Post-Democracy in honour of Colin Church

	What if politicians cared about dis planet 
	more than their dirty coffers?

	What if long term consequences mattered
	more than short term gains?

	What if democracy
	actually existed
	or freedom was
	more than a slogan
	during a billionaire-financed
	carefully choreographed
	campaign-charade?


Frida:    Poems like this are boring: "what if" questions are basically a waste of time.

Ying:     Perhaps so, but isn't also good to remember that the universe isn't as solid 
          as we imagine?

Dmiritri: (nodding) Yep! Our world is a matrix with in which billions of "what ifs" 
          converge into "what seems."

Satoru:   (yawning) Uh huh . . . well, what if we changed the topic?


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from Peace Pieces: Reflections on Violence and Conflict Resolution by T Newfields
SUMMARY:  A rant about the hollow shell of democracy that has been co-opted by Big Money.
KEYWORDS: co-opting democracy, politico-economic elites, political subterfuge

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 2006 in Tokyo, Japan ⩝ Finished: 2018 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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