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Taken for Idiots
Fed with stupid lies
Let’s sweeten our deals with a petit sweet mini; it’s not blackmail or a bribe when it comes with a curated blackout and a positive attitude — we could write the best book about diplomacy here where we are. It’s what we call progress, not extortion, because reality doesn’t matter as long as the optics are perfect.
The world is so conceited that it cares more about protecting its image and maintaining power than being transparent.
What we see isn’t what actually happened; instead, everything has been meticulously edited for presentation to the audience — to those of us not involved in the rooms where it happens. We are just spectators who have no say, expected to keep our mouths shut and watch the final cut.
We are shielded from the sheer scale of deception, the lies, the filters, and the whitewashing. Things seem so honorable on the surface.
We don’t see the threats and blackmail used to manufacture those so-called world peace deals, nor do we see the mother manipulating her children for her own benefit, the cracks in the wholesome image next door, or the enviable life someone else is…
