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How Oligarchy Works

This is how oligarchy works, Robbing the people while the wealthy smirk.

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Louise
Dec 20, 2024
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Verse 1

There’s a game being played in the Capitol halls,

Where billionaires tower and the common folk crawl.

They cut through the safety nets we all depend,

To hand out tax breaks to their billionaire friends.

They call it freedom, but the cost’s obscene,

Trading food for fortunes and hope for a dream.

The people’s voice grows quiet, the power shifts,

Oligarchy rises on the back of their gifts.

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