the age of ideologies and philosophy is over
by now they are merely components
dosed into political marketing
like spice into a yummy blood soup
the labels right, left, liberal
are colourful objects dragged about on a screen
which a capable sociopath casually drops
into the diagram of acquiring money
if needed, national pathos with flags waving
if that is not enough, he promises scraps to the workers
if needed, he hires right or left extremist lunatics
so they bring the hoped-for profit
Thetare. Post-Machiavellist clown yummi show...
Where
philosophy is needed when a more serious profile
lulls the brighter, better-educated classes to sleep
Plato, Marx, Harari, Kojève or Burke
whatever is needed for the money, they put it on the cake
and yet, again and again, they believe the fairy tales
it is like religion — the patina of centuries
makes even the stupidest stories more believable
all it takes is the right power-mad sociopath
with an unscrupulous drive for power
the money-guzzling media eagerly broadcast anything
helping along these sustainable stupidities
I watch, I understand, but I do not want to see
this civilisation is a wretched self-parody
trailing behind its own science
repeating the same thing again and again out of habit
although all they are doing is drawing
the dreadful diagrams of gaining power and money
dragging left, right, liberal about, the power-hungry one makes
the story is wrapped in narrative
the army of fools applauds, nibbles, believes or hopes
the harmony is perfect: decline, destruction,
decadence: a smiley in the margin of the diagram
if you do not want to live in this, you can listen:
sad news for rebels: you cannot get out.
Oh, I could: being a hermit was my choice
Like in medieval: it works.
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