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Hegemonic rule.
Obedience at risk of…
Personal freedom.
Authoritarian rule;
Without concern for others.

Ego magnified.
A ruler as potentate.
No one else matters.
A form of dictatorship;
All others subordinate.

The running slogan.
Is “Total Authority.”
Egomania
Or Megalomania;
A power without limits.

Power absolute.
A leader’s autocracy.
Nothing else matters.
Followers are mere children;
Who need to be disciplined.

Absolute control.
Is this form of government.
People are puppets.
Must follow authority;
Or otherwise must perish.

Feedback is fearsome.
Punishment for feigned misdeeds.
Rules are unwritten.
They come from spoken mandates;
Follow blindly and obey.

Be seen, but not heard.
To question is dangerous.
Silence is golden.
Corporal punishment in vogue;
Just one way, or the highway.

Without compromise.
Positive reinforcement.
Becomes a taboo.
Counter to the rule of law;
Authoritarian law.

Disinformation.
Is intended to mislead.
As propaganda.
Issued by some governments;
By nature, ego-governed.

It courts deception.
All kinds of fabrication.
A friend of fake news.
Filled with trumped-up stories;
Manipulated system.

Disinformation.
A form of intelligence.
That feeds on rumors.
Is dangerous politics;
Its aim is to hide the truth.

Disinformation .
Armed with covert objectives.
Manufactures lies.
To maintain evil power;
With democracy postponed.

Hegemonic rule.
Rife with disinformation.
Has its own profit motive.
Co-opts media;
And suspends democracy.

Combined as systems.
To disregard the people.
Disinformation.
Allied with ruling by fear;
Is far from democracy.

The time is now ripe.
Americans must wake up.
Become vigilant.
Signs of danger are lurking;
Democracy endangered.

The people must speak.
They must make their voices heard.
To turn back deceit.
Our liberties to preserve;
To restore America.

Protect our nation.
As home of the free and brave.
Rule of the people.
For, and by all the people;
Liberty, Justice for all.