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		<title>A Tinny Voice</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>They teach us here That everything is make-believe That we are being manipulated By the capitalists, by the media That &#8230; <a href="https://www.thewritink.com/a-tinny-voice/" class="more-link"><span class="more-button">Read<span class="screen-reader-text">A Tinny Voice</span></span></a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They teach us here<br />
That everything is make-believe<br />
That we are being manipulated<br />
By the capitalists, by the media<br />
That there is no answer to the question of life<br />
That our personalities are only <span class="pullquote">self-inflicted masks</span><br />
That we wear to sell ourselves to others<br />
That the price we pay for civilization and culture<br />
Is repression<br />
That we are not in control<br />
Of our own emotions<br />
But are trained like Pavlonian dogs<br />
To salivate at the bell of consumption…</p>
<p>They teach us here<br />
To lose faith in everything<br />
That religion is irrelevant<br />
That love is a charade<br />
That we are our own enemies<br />
That our bodies are not our own<br />
But only mere shells of <span class="pullquote">induced socialization</span><br />
That everything is a farce<br />
That we don’t even see the danger<br />
Or the misery<br />
Or the pain<br />
Or the horror<br />
Of our own existence.</p>
<p>They teach us here<br />
That autonomy is a joke<br />
That we are useless<br />
That we are nothing<br />
But a tinny voice in a clamorous uproar<br />
Nothing<br />
But <span class="pullquote">cogs in a machine</span><br />
Nothing<br />
But players in their game.<br />
And still each day<br />
We come to worship<br />
At the altar of<br />
This land, their land, of make-believe.</p><p>The post <a href="https://www.thewritink.com/a-tinny-voice/">A Tinny Voice</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.thewritink.com">The Writink</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
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