<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=530607" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Illusion of Choice</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A voter craves their representation, <br>Someone who can embody their nation<br>As they believe it should be. They make pleas <br>That push toward greater equalities, <br>Calling for consensus sympathies—<br>To build our empathetic relations.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A voter wants to be their creation, <br>A catalyst for governed salvation.<br>They want to think they can come to appease<br>The public—which is always ill at ease.<br>They disregard their lack of expertise<br>And force opinions by accusation.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Of course, the other side states the same thing, <br>And politics descend into nonsense.<br>It becomes a game of waspy offense—<br>Two sides aggressive for the deepest sting.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Victors will change nothing—left or right wing.<br>If only to keep voters in suspense.<br>They argue again in vapid pretense, <br>So what does our illusion of choice bring?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Tim+Stensloff">Tim Stensloff</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=530607" data-title="Illusion of Choice de Tim Stensloff" data-description="A voter craves their representation, Someone who can embody their nation As they believe it should be. They make pleas That push toward greater equalities, Calling for consensus sympathies— To build our empathetic relations. A voter wants to..."></div> </div> </div>

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