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The Candidates

The candidates for world dominance The contenders who want to sit on the highest branch on the tree of power should not be elected because they want it too badly Theirs are a grab for dominance for its own sake and if lucky the book of history, the part where leaders are remembered, we know Saddam Hussein, Stalin and Hitler they too are remembered by history and given enough time will be Admired and books will be written in their defence The contenders talk about trade meaning high finance, not a factory that produces products and employ people, they mean the banks, money lenders. They fear ordinary people but keep us enslaved by debt we should take a stand as they do in Palestine, who are spied upon day and night, yet the truth slips through the occupier can arrest you for a joke. No one lived here before we came it all belong to us as they proudly lie to themselves as they slowly sink into the apathy of a frozen culture and self-loathing. Tomorrow it will be your turn to be arrested for speaking your mind.

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