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The Land of the Corrupt

Safe, protected, free, just, wealthy. "You're safe in America." "Our government will protect you." "We have the most just system in the world." "America is the wealthiest nation." Welcome to the United States, where safety is police brutality against our own citizens; where the food we eat is pumped full of poison; where our guns are taken from us to keep us "safe", when the enemy is on the home front. Welcome to the Land of the Brave, where men and women lose their lives over another nation's resource, even though we've got the technology to keep them home; where a man turning into a woman is more important than hundreds dying in an earthquake. Welcome to the Land of the Free, where free will and creativity is frowned upon and conformity is the latest trend; where its citizen's opinions go straight to the garbage while those already in power continue making decisions. Come on over to the USA, where child molesters serve less time in prison than those caught with a plant; where you can be arrested simply because your skin is a different tone; where a mother that killed her child got away with a slap on the wrist. Make a trip to the wealthiest nation, where one percent of the population holds every cent, while homelessness is at an all time high; where religion means no taxes, and it costs an entire years pay just to afford a higher education. Make your way to the Land of the Corrupt, where the War on Terror is a scam, and our nation's biggest tragedy was a planned attack; where the poor are forced to pay taxes with money they don't have, while the wealthy gloat in flashy suits and Mercedes Benz. Don't eat anymore out of their greedy hands. Take your freedom back. House our homeless. Block out the media, it's an illusion. Stop fighting for a country that wants you to die. It's time to make a change.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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