<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392244" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Empires Require...</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The practice of empire requires<br>An ancient birth mythology<br>A dominant warrior culture armed<br>By martial ideology</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A broken captive underclass<br>Incited to celebrate violence<br>A cruelly competitive atmosphere<br>That reduces discourse to silence</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Collaborators and raw recruits<br>Manning the overseas bases<br>Consultants on call to design and sell<br>Hearts-and-mind embraces</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The finance of empire encompasses<br>Tax probes of remaining protestors<br>Fine dining at the palaces<br>For major corporate investors</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The bidding of empire is carried out<br>By gangs of intimidators<br>Assassination of characters<br>Tarred as domestic traitors</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Patriotic cheerleaders<br>Singing stars and shamans<br>Harmonize the party line<br>Inflating the foreign demons</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The sanctity of empire calls<br>For the coffins to be shrouded<br>Smoke screen information keeps<br>The air of reason clouded</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Multi-coloured holy rags<br>Religious benedictions<br>And news bites of selective facts<br>Mask the contradictions</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Maintaining illusions fondly-held<br>That emperors of deception<br>Are hard at work for the common good<br>And rule for our protection.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Frank+Bana">Frank Bana</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392244" data-title="Empires Require... de Frank Bana" data-description="The practice of empire requires An ancient birth mythology A dominant warrior culture armed By martial ideology A broken captive underclass Incited to celebrate violence A cruelly competitive atmosphere That reduces discourse to silence Collabor..."></div> </div> </div>

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