They want us to be peaceful while they only speak war

Will the new world find you ready?

Your eyes are glistening
blinded by the spotlight
the glitter of diamonds
you’re still impressed with royalty
with kings and queens
but our ancestors were peasants
why does that bother you?
Are you embarrassed?
They are the fabric of the world
the makeup of real community and love
are not kings and queens
it’s us
why are you chasing titles
why do you worship the crown
and choose to keep yourself low?
Royalty is an illusion
you do not need anyone to rule over you
and you don’t need to rule over anyone.
You're chasing the carrot
you're still impressed with celebrity
enamoured by the allure of fame
fooled by the chant of the crowd
you're impressed with numbers
and titles
awards and ceremony
distracting your gaze from where it needs to be
You think you can vote your way out of empire
out of oppression and injustice
Don’t you know history?
You cannot be a pacifist
under rulers who do not listen
and do not care for us
who act against the wellbeing of millions
only caring for their own
and here you are
still impressed with a bank account
with degrees from institutions that silence people, that steal, stages that platform exploitation, wearing a dystopian mask.

But it's designer.

Ego driven men, women,
with heads bigger than hearts
are taking you for a ride
and you’re still impressed
because they look like you and sound like you
You’re looking the wrong way
You’re excited about content
but never content
always needing more
always needing bigger
Gathering more in the name of generational wealth
raising more capitalists
who continue the same cycle
You still believe you can earn your way out of pain
That money will elevate you
To where?
If you’re elevated
it means someone else is below you
Hierarchy always requires inequality
Royalty always requires servants
Can’t you see the lies of the spotlight?
Why are you still blind to the poison of fame
when it has you by the throat
are you too close to smell the stench of death?
You still believe there is a god
to make sense of this pain
A god with a plan. Merciful and just.
But his plan is so big
we just don't understand it
You fail to see
god is just another tool of empire
to control you into submission
Distracting your gaze from where it needs to be
Comforting you into numbness
and inaction
to put you off with the promise of eternity
while this world is on fire
god is just another word for hierarchy, celebrity, for royalty
god means upholding inequality
and segregation
believers and unbelievers
heaven and hell
god hates us
while calling himself love
stop worshipping hierarchy
stop choosing ladders
and leaders
casts and systems

They
are
not
real

We are all made from the same fabric
The iron in our blood
the calcium in our bones
the oxygen in our lungs
the carbon in our muscles
is all found inside of a star
inside of each of us

How long can you talk for before you act?
How long can you call yourself a pacifist for?
How long can you wait?
There is no earth-shifting revolution without blood
without giving something up
there is no change
without being inconvenienced
are you comfortable?
They kill us
They steal from us
While telling us to vote
To use words not weapons
They want us to be peaceful
But the only language they speak is war
The only language evil understands is greed
They speak money and violence
This is their love language
Therefore this is what we must speak
to be heard
Take away their money
Do not buy their new phone
their shoes and diamonds
their music and their illusion
Destroy their property
their house
their business
They cannot know peace
They cannot sleep
As long as they think themselves safe
they will continue to kill
Your title
your numbers
your pedestal
They’re not a flex
The real flex is ending this
What are you living for?
They tell me there is no other way
no other world is possible
how can your dreams be so small!
that you only see dollar signs
and private planes
how can your imagination be so limited!
and your knowledge of history so shallow
Don’t you know a different world has already existed
don’t you know your dreams are young
and rotten
they are born from capitalism
not from yourself
Do you want to leave this same world behind
Or do you want to create a better one?
Will your life be a cornerstone for something new?
will you look out for all
or just for your own?
The new is coming
This empire will fall
there is no doubt
the question is
will the new find you ready
or still clinging on to illusions
will it find you still impressed?
still believing the lie
that you are free
when you are just distracted.

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I have made a piece from the archive available, because I need you to read it. Understand it. It’s more relevant than ever before:
What it really takes to dismantle this.

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