Note to Self
Unveiling the Silent Impact: Your Role in a System Unraveling
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No-fly list. No-drive list. No-walk list. No-talk list.
Commenting on restrictive measures, suggesting control over various aspects of life: travel, movement, speech.
No muckraking journalist left to take stock of
Highlighting a lack of investigative journalists addressing the absence of diverse perspectives.
the wholesale omission of outside perspectives.
Criticizing the deliberate exclusion of outside viewpoints from consideration.
How does it make you feel to know that you voted for this?
Questioning the emotional impact on individuals who supported the current situation through voting.
So much for your hopes and your dreams and your children.
Expressing disappointment in the apparent failure of societal aspirations and concerns for the next generation.
You just sat there believing in this bullshit system.
Accusing people of passivity, trusting in a flawed system without critical examination.
Just wishing the mob would magically come to its senses.
Wishing for a collective awakening while recognizing the unlikelihood of it happening.
How does it make you feel to know you just stood by and watched it?
Questioning the emotional toll of being a passive observer to societal deterioration.
Dazed. Numb. Powerless. Stunned.
Describing feelings of confusion, numbness, powerlessness, and shock among the public.
While we frantically click our heels, already home.
Alluding to a disoriented state while hinting at a return home despite the chaos.
The bands. The sports. The booze.
Identifying cultural and recreational pursuits as the only remnants of individuality.
It's all that's left of you.
Suggesting a loss of identity when societal institutions fail to address misconduct.
When the cops and the courts refuse
Pointing out the refusal of authorities to acknowledge the wrongdoing of a select few.
To confess the sins of the few,
Highlighting the failure of law enforcement and legal systems to admit the sins of a minority.
What is there left to do?
Pondering the options available when institutions fail to rectify injustices.
The answer's there right before your eyes: rise.
Encouraging action and resilience as a response to the prevailing issues.
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