Some Semblance

Some semblance of a nation - stolen from 500 other nations, populated with criminals, slaves, refugees from 100 other nations, waging perpetual war against 50 other nations.

Some semblance of democracy – scam elections, rigged balloting, partisan polling, complicit media, organized interference, political assassination.

Some semblance of republic – millionaire representatives, entrenched bureaucracy, executive excesses, partisan courts, agency overreach, corporate takeover.

Some semblance of justice - mobs are allowed to riot, police are allowed to kill, wealthy are allowed to steal, corporations are allowed to pollute, poor are allowed to starve.

Some semblance of pandemic - projected aforethought, precipitated by edict, managed by mandate, perpetrated by presumption, rescinded by executive order.

Some semblance of health – testing new strains amid toxic terrain, vaccine induced auto-immunity, booster shots, increased transmission, side-effects, crippling protective measures, mass psychopathy, mounting death toll.

Some semblance of freedom – medical travel permit, ubiquitous surveillance, watch lists, check points, snitch hotlines, censorship of public discourse, curtailment of assembly, confiscation of weapons, presumption of guilt, pre-crime enforcement, lockstep. 

Some semblance of normal – endemic myopia, sheepish compliance, self-righteous complacency, hypocritical virtue posturing, discrimination against deviants, pervasive persecution, paranoia, perversion.

Some semblance of reality – online games, telecommuting, zoom classroom, cyber bullying, net-linked shopping, view-screen society, revisionist subliminal infotainment, drug-enhanced virtual vacation.

Some semblance of people – behavior medication, gene tampering, replicant anatomy, robotic prostheses, injectable nanobots, microwave mind control, synthesized cyber-genetic hominids.

Some semblance of life – boredom/stress, loneliness/strife.

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