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idolized and victimized – that’s civilized
apolitized and mesmerized – that’s civilized
we're on this dead end job, going nowhere
it cover our costs, but not a lot more
we're building pyramids and but not a lot more
capitalists Sisyphean boulder
idolized and victimized – that’s civilized
apolitized and mesmerized – that’s civilized
we started at rock bottom, and we’ve been there ever since
hard working and downtrodden, in the swing of things
we got something in front of us, that's just waiting to happen
that's what an imposed relationships does, it's not a matter of if, but when
half of the work's about dealing with the other peoples mess
society's by a thread and reeling, the weakest link's the strongest
two steps forward, one and a half back,on a good day, with some luck
sometimes it amazes us, mostly were struck that it's not more fucked up
idolized and victimized – that’s civilized
apolitized and mesmerized – that’s civilized
they pay others to do the dirty work, if it’s discovered, also the fall
silence might get you hurt, but talking will get you killed for sure
remember, it's not a crime, as long as you don’t get caught
suit and tie, lawyer by your side, the chances are you'll walk
everything can be explained, no illegal acts were done
respectable business men making a fortune
in the poorer parts of town, kids high on drugs run around armed with guns
like they’ve seen on the screen, and been told in mainstream pop songs
they're all killing each other for a fast buck, turf, honor and fame
ending up on a wall, free or rip followed by their names
there’s class and there’s class, that defines who we are and there's crime
the prisons filled with blue collar, personnel and prisoners doing time
the upper class run the courts, make the rules, decide the laws and order justice
do a kennedy in robbery, invest in immunity and all's dismissed
that's civilized
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Reality Show
13:32
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Woman: Live from the centre of the universe, the galaxy of the galaxies, the reality of the realities, it’s the reality show. And here he is now, our host of this intergalactic show, emperor of all known and unknown worlds, the no one knows more than I do about anything, mr grab ‘em by the pussy, president, zillionaire, polar bear wrestler, mr Donald I’m the real Schwarzenegger Trump.
DT: You’re welcome, you’re so welcome. Yes I’m good. I’m the best, check my biceps. Yes. And Im rich too, so rich, so very rich.
Welcome to your favorite program the reality show.
I wanna start off the show with a message to the fake news media, the politically correct and the enemy of the people, who not surprisingly hates the show in general and me in particular, by once again tell the truth about the world, the real world. The freedom of speech here is unexceptionable. Everybody has the right to say whatever they feel like, how ever untrue, offensive or horrendous it might be. But you don’t wanna say anything wrong about us or the sponsors, or you’ll be disqualified. Remember whose show you’re on. And you must be as cruel as you can be. There will be sell outs, back stabbings and Kanye West, so you might as well do it to them before they do it to you. Also called the Chumbawamba-move.
This is the show where all of your dreams can come true. We've got all the liquor you can drink, provided by Liquor inc. We've got all the food you can eat, provided by Fast Food Industries. We got all the drugs you can consume, provided by Worlds Drug Cartel. We got all the guns that you need to feel secure, provided by the Weapons industry. Kid Rock heaven. All you have to do is stay in your place and do what we tell you. The rules are simple. Every day you will be put to test. And those of you who fail will have to leave the show.
In this age of ignorance is strength, the more the merrier, everybody’s got the chance to be a b celebrity. Corporations are every day looking for fortune seekers and careerists to make famous as long as they got what it takes, meaning, ready to humiliate themselves in every thinkable way, in the new form of entertainment. It’s darwinism in the extremist form. The prices will be touring as guest bartenders, get invited to parties, be guests at app shows, where the humiliation is expected to continue. You’ve got the chance to marry a real celebrity or a billionaire. Or maybe replace a dead rock star. There’s lots of vacancies in this line of duty, bands who don’t want to quit after the front man, and the main song writer, has left the building. Right now Nirvana, Soundgarden, INXS, Jimi Hendrix Experience and Dire Straits are looking to fill such places. Then there’s always the chance to get into the next reality show, like Secret admirer or home improvement, all you have to do to qualify is tell a producer you’re secretly in love with someone or buy a crappy house. Well, that’s really the only house you can afford, ‘cos there’s no money in it for you. For us, yes, but not for you. Don’t complain, you get to do all the work and at the same time be famous. We control and supervise it. And we got expenses, and we need to get something out of it, other wise we wouldn’t do it. Why should we? And this is not socialism.
The judges today are prime minister, president, prime minister, president comrade Vladimir Putin. Straight outta Ukraine, isn’t it so, puta? Then we got my English brother and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, from the independent kingdom of Great Britain. You can see resemblance by the hair. Next is my favorite arab in the whole world, King Salman of Saudi Arabia. Girls, don’t be fooled by his friendly face, he’s almost as naughty as me, but only almost, Isn’t it so, Sally? And last but not the least we got peoples rightful leader of Italy, Salvatore Salvini, who’s doing a great job in stopping people from shit countries to enter Europe and fighting for the safety of white people. President Bolsanero couldn’t be with us today as he’s out hunting and looting in the Amazonas. It’s a family trip. A picknick actually. But we all wish him luck with that. Shoot a rhinoceros for me, Jair Messias. Oh, I like that name. Hasn’t he got a lovely name, don’t you think? Yes, he has. The music is as always performed by the one man band Steve Bannon and his pump organ and Take back the swastika from the establishment group. And then we got little Jimmie from Norway who’ll be interviewing people live from the street on the show a little bit later.
Yesterdays loser was Johnny. Johnny, listen up. You have been a bad boy. I don’t think you even tried to perform the task you were given. Tho’ it was an easy one. Everyone else made it. Everyone but you. And it was such a small task. The only thing you had to do was get up, go to work, do a fairly good job, then go home and go to bed, without any trouble. How hard can it be? But you, Johnny, you couldn’t do that, no. You over slept, came in late, didn’t do a such a good job, left job early, saying you were sick, lying of course, and went to a friend, who weren’t at his work, bad company, and playing video games and drinking alcohol, beer. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, you had the nerve to mouth off to your superiors, didn’t you? So, Johnny, you have to go. Now you only got one chance to stay, and its up to the bystanders. Your fate here is now in their hands. Let me remind you that some of you who are in favor of Johnny staying, also must leave if this side loses. So, what’s it gonna be? Leave or stay? Pick up your phones, or put on your computers, and vote, 1 for leaving and 2 for staying. You got five minutes to do it. Leave, or stay.
Now lets turn to Jimmie. Are you there, Jimmie?
J: Yes, Donnie, I’m here.
DT: So, Jimmie, what have you got for us?
J: Well, Don, I’m standing here with Patric, who was just walking down the street when I stopped him for a chat, talking to him about what’s going on in the world. Right, Patric?
P: Yes, and as I said to you just before this, I firmly believe that you cant have both a welfare state and an open society. To maintain the welfare state you have to restrict immigration from countries outside our cultural sphere, ‘cos they can’t adjust to our society and is depending on our social security systems. In other words, they’re parasites and criminals. And its just because they don’t respect our country and our values.
J: So you’re saying the immigrants contribution to the society are less than the costs?
P: Yes, way less. They’re a heavy burden. And that’s why the elderly are starving, kids in school got low or no grades, workers are unemployed and has a hard time to make ends meet, and we got ghettos which are lawless and out of the police control.
J: And how do you think it came to be like this?
P: Well Jimmie, I’m fully certain that the establishment, the liberals and the pc mob have all worked together to achieve it, ‘cos they hate the nation and our values, and therefore made it a haven for terrorists.
J: But what do you say to those who argues that there isn’t a shortening of recourses’, and that it’s just a matter of distribution.
P: Ah Jimmie, that’s only liberal, pc talk. They’re talking socialism. And its not working. The human being isn’t build for it. So there cant be a just society. It’s utopia. So what we have to do is take care of our own, and let others take care of themselves. We can’t be the worlds refugee haven.
J: But what do you say to the argument that the social division of society is increasing, and this is really the root of the problem.
P: Yea, the rich get richer, the poor get poorer. I know. Maybe its so. That’s the way it goes ain’t it. Everybody wants more. Even the poor.
J: And finally, what is your opinion about the climate change?
P: I don’t believe in it. Its fake news to get people to turn away from the real issues. Like immigrants, criminals and terrorists.
J: Thank you, Patric. Back to you, Don.
DT: Thanks Jimmie. Smart guy that one, right Steve? Yea. Very percipient/insightful. The five minutes are up and the votes have been counted. And the result is. Leave or stay? Johnny, are you nervous? You should be. You know what’s gonna happen if the Leave votes wins, right? And as I’ve told you, we, the jurors, decided that you have to leave. Now the voters also have decided. And the decision, with 4 million votes against three, is that you... leave. But you’re not only leaving. When I told the owner of the firm, who also happens to be my son in law, when I told Jared about you, who didn’t know such a guy was working for him, he immediately took action. You have now also been fired, they don’t want you back at the work place. The management even said they didn’t want you there in the first place. They took you in out of pity. And as you have no money, you cant pay your bills, and foremost, you cant afford the rent. So you have to move out from that little one room and kitchen you’ve got. Its owned by my good friends in Cayman National Bank, so we have already moved out your stuff, thanks to the CEO Rudy Guliani and the Santini Brothers, and a new tenant is arriving as we speak, and maybe find a homeless shelter, ‘cos for that’s what you are now. Go to the Salvation Army ‘cause they got great policies around gays and such. And since the news about you is world wide, thanks to Fox Network real news, I suggest that you don’t just leave town, or the country, and instead head for another continent, preferably far away in some place where the contact with the outside world is limited. Not so tough now, Johnny, are you? We the jurors found you not only useless but arrogant as well. So we have put in an extra price just for you. Its a reward for information about your future whereabouts. So we can have an eye on you. And its for life. Were also letting you help to pay for it. We’ve confiscated your stuff and are going to sell them, thanks to my good friend Meatloaf and his firm Gold & Silver Pawn Shop famous from the tv series Pawn stars. Its only fair, don’t you think? Too bad that its not worth much. So, leave your jacket and your shoes and off you go. Security, lead this man out of the building. Thank you.
And those three people who voted for Johnny to stay, we know who you are, and we will be dealt with. You’re going to get exactly what all communists deserves. If I were you I would join Johnny in him moving far way from here. But that’s only me.
Now you see what happens to losers. Let’s move on the today’s task. Let’s take things one step further. You are going to prove that you can du your colleagues’ job better than them. That means you’re not going to do your own jobs, but also engage yourself in the colleagues work, when you find that they’re not doing as good as you think they should. As usual you are not just allowed, but you must expose your colleagues’ mistakes and wrong doings, and then find a way to do them yourselves. Lies and deceits, and discords, and making yourself look good by making others look bad, are the key tactics now. Listen to master of the art, me! What do you think? Are you up to it? I think you are. But I also believe that there’s some of you who’ll do it better than the others. Good luck!
And remember, the fight goes on: Free the Trump office six! Good night! See you tomorrow. Same time, same place.
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Mansion on the Hill
09:01
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we’re sitting in the cabin, during lunch time
every single one of us, it was pouring outside
ali was on diet, bubba the oat meal man
rat ate his meal out of the frying pan
ali finished his box and begun reading the news
there was another killing in the gang bang feud
“god damn”, he said, “when its gonna stop,
why cant they get them, why aren’t they locked up?”
bubba sighed and said, without looking at him
“everybody’s talking about it, so i guess they’re trying”
“not trying hard enough”, ali responded, “apparently”
bubba just shook his head and finished his meal
ali continued, now even more agitated
“we got to get rid of them, before its really too late
and stop more from coming, polluting our land
and close the boarders, while we still can”
bubba interrupted him, said “a criminal is a criminal,
and every one of them should be doing time in jail,
but they’re a minority, and comes in all colors,
am i to blame for the crimes of my brothers?”
“i’m not talking about you, bubba”, ali said, “you’re alright,
i’m talking about them others” bubba said “yea right”
no one said anything further, it was still pouring
lunch break was up, but nobody was going
ch:
in the mansion on the hill
the patron lives there still
like his forefathers before him
in the mansion up on the hill
in the cabin down below
there’s split and civil war
everybody’s at each others throats
in the cabin down the valley below
the rain kept falling, there was no end in sight
bubba put his legs up, and moved his hat down over his eyes
rat lit a cigarette, leaned back in his chair
ali didn’t like it, rat didn’t care
“maybe we should go,” said ali, “we cant be in here all day”
he looked around, nobody looked at him, rat said “no way”
“but the boss might come,” ali said and walked to the door
rat snorted, bubba laughed, no one followed
ali looked around, still nobody was looking at him
then he walked back, sat down and mumbling something
rat said “now we’ve got that over with, lets get serious,
sometimes i think that you think you are the boss,
what’s with that?” ali answered “that’s responsibility”
rat was waiting for something more, ali noticed and said “and duty”
rat was still waiting for more, but nothing more came
rat glared at him, ali looked away
“responsibility and duty”, rat said, “no, I still don’t understand,
‘cos to me you look like the rest of us, just another working man?”
“but i’ve got ambition,” ali said, “i want to be something more”
“and it begins with acting stand in foreman?” rat roared
“say what you like,” said ali, rat said “and i do,
you’re really just ass kissing,” ali objected to that too
rat chuckled and said “fuck you”, ali didn’t say a thing
the cabin was shaking, water was dripping from the ceiling
ch:
in the mansion on the hill
the patron lives there still
like his forefathers before him
in the mansion up on the hill
in the cabin down below
there’s split and civil war
everybody’s at each others throats
in the cabin down the valley below
the rain kept falling, no boss showed up
everybody stayed in the cabin, ali was nervous
bubba had gone to sleep, talked and snored
rat smoked cigarettes, restless and bored
suddenly rat grinned, “ali,” he said, “ali, comrade”
“the other week they wouldn’t give me full pay,
they say i left early one day, but what i would like to know
there were no bosses around, so who told them so?”
“i told you before you left” ali said, “the very same day,
we get paid to work, no work, no pay”
“so it was you who ratted me out,” rat said, “was it?”
“when you say it like that,” ali said, “you sound like a convict”
“never mind, never mind” rat said and shrugged
“you owe me some money, you can pay me in drugs”
“i owe you nothing,” ali said, “its your own fault”
“but it wouldn’t have happened,” rat said, “if you hadn’t talked”
“so?” said rat, ali just said “no”
rat took the frying pan and hit ali to the floor
“no” he said, “no?” as he sat down on him and kept hitting
until’ the boss walked in and called the cops to stop him
ali, more dead than alive, was taken to hospital
cops arrested rat and put him in handcuffs
as they took him away, all bloody and dirty
he smiled and looked at us saying: “totally worth it”
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Corona, Corona
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Whats a pandemic?
Is it 25 000 people dying from starvation every day?
Nah!
Is it 3 000 children dying from malaria every day?
Nah!
Is it the hundreds of people who dies in the war in Yemen every day?
Nah!
Is it 9 000 people dead by corona during a 4 month period?
Yes, it is.
Why?
Lets see.
Where are most people starving?
Not in the Western world.
Where are they dying of malaria?
Not in the western world.
And Yemen is not in the western world.
Coronavirus, covid-19, however, has spread to the western world. Therefore, a pandemic.
Whats the matter? Just wash your hands and dont visit your old mother. Unlike the starving, the malaria infected and the victims of war, westerners got a choice.
Covid-19, christmas eve for the neurotics.
Westerners, what a gang.
John Pilger, you’re the man.
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