Pax Americana
Liberty Is On Break, Catch The Drama Instead
Public debate is no longer about persuasion...it’s production.
Opposition is staged. Outrage monetized.
Politics becomes theater with no backstage.
Power is no longer asserted.
It is simulated.
And simulations are difficult to interrupt.
Justice plays gladiator.
Truth and reason are dragged into the arena...not to fight, but to entertain.
Election cycles are blood sport.
Debates are scripted combat.
And through it all, the crowd roars; not from the seats of sovereignty,
but from the cheap seats and bleachers of the comment section.
No one governs.
They merely perform power until the next scandal arrives...
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ambiguous karma
I'm a historian and religious studies scholar with 2 B.A.'s in History and Religious Studies (Salem College) I write with grit, insight, and satire: exploring power, belief, and resistance across time. Scholar by training, rebel by nature.
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