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Just Below the Radar

Mediocracy Along the simple path we plod Bureaucracy With a maze of obstacles to trod Autocracy Also trying to dodge the hit squads Theocracy Steering clear, of banned lesser gods Plutocracy Ride on through, wielding big fat wads Democracy A minefield of all above, behind the facade 04/12/23

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I Am Anaya

Date: 4/17/2023 1:50:00 PM

I have to admit it myself, the struggles the democrats have trying to pass anything to help people isn't surprising just redundant! But I too, would rather be nowhere else but here!

David Kavanagh
Date: 4/17/2023 2:13:00 PM

Heya Anaya, we really are so lucky to live in democracies even with all their imperfections, I feel free and that’s good enough for me, thanks so much for stopping by, cheers David

Jenna Logan

Date: 4/13/2023 8:47:00 AM

I have to admit that a democracy has become nothing more than hypocrisy. Leave it to you, my wise poet friend, to post your thoughts as though on a post office wall.

David Kavanagh
Date: 4/13/2023 9:33:00 AM

Heya Jenna, democracy weirdly enough is the best of all the systems I mentioned, even though its made up of, and contains bits and pieces of them all, like you said it really has become a hypocrisy, and indeed can be a minefield to negotiate just behind the facade, still it beats living in Nth Korea and Co, so must be worth fighting for, thank you for the encouraging comment, cheers David