Complicité

Complicity . . .
seduced into unconsciousness
in the tender loving arms
of the armaments industry
upon a course of least resistance

Humanité . . .
marching
to anthems
proud
loud
and victorious

Duplicité . . .

dissoluteness
desolation
and voracious greed
can be seen in the eyes
of a vacuous generation
the latest
elitist
golden breed
as duplicity is not a vice
but a celebrated lifestyle choice
affluenced by a steady
stream of effluence
At any price
take what you want
Humility? … No need
Duplicity indeed

Another “Special Military Operation”

. . . going like clockwork.

Words and Original Artwork:
‘The Lobbyist’
and ‘The Blinded Peeker’
 ~ by David B. Redpath © 2026

The Rest:
With respect to Stanley Kubrick

47 thoughts on “Complicité”

      2. Perhaps resisting
        the leaders/politicians
        who gleefully wield
        these weapons 🤔 🕶
        Warfare is part and parcel
        of our tribalistic culture.
        Time for some deconstruction,
        with the possibility
        of a love resurrection.

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      1. There is my Ministry of Truth in our current administration. I see it as the largest Ponzi scheme ever. As the next book title about our government at the moment should be “Crime and No Punishment”. 🤖👾 🧑🏼‍⚖️🧑🏼‍⚖️🧑🏼‍⚖️👩🏼‍⚖️🧑🏿‍⚖️

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      2. The pendulum has been taken to
        a point of maximum displacement
        by an extremist chaotic government.
        May the next administration swing
        it back to a state of equilibrium.
        No doubt the perpetrator will grant
        himself, and his henchmen, a full
        Presidental Pardon, after sitting on
        his gilded throne bejewelled with
        sparkling $TRUMP meme coin 🪙

        Thanks for your thoughts, Elle.

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      8. The Ministry of Truth just put out
        a press statement announcing how
        the current administration is so
        environmentally conscious that the
        US Government is now running on
        pure bullshit 🦬

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    2. Liz yes, I agree. I also think this administration has grown a militia with ICE (time will tell). I’m also surprised that voters didn’t read any part of Project 2025, as I sit and check the boxes listed in it.

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  5. Bravo! We would be in dire distress except we know that people get tired of words which cannot be believed; and cruelty, and corruption. And they like a change and, with or without profound philosophy, they are going to rouse themselves to throw the bastards out. Sarah

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    2. Thanks for that, Sarah.
      It is a predisposition of man to
      seek power over his environment,
      his position in the universe.
      Much superstition, even religion, can
      be explained as a manifestation of
      this human need to assume some
      control over this existence. Being a
      free-range anthropologist it is clear to
      me that a constant throughout human
      history, from temples and pyramids to
      a ballroom in the Whitehouse, is the
      hunger for ever more power. Money
      is power. It can corrupt the soul of
      those seeking ever more control.

      As for me . . . 😎

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