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They ask you to chooseAs if freedom is the option

This war or that war?One bombs the children on Monday.The other bombs the children on Tuesday.The children do not know the difference.They are dead either way.

This news or that news?One tells you lies with a smile.The other tells you lies with a frown.Both tell you the other is lying.Both sell you fear and call it information.

This education or that education?One teaches you to obey.The other teaches you to perform.Neither teaches you to ask.Both prepare you for a world that does not want you to be prepared.

This justice or that justice?One punishes the poor with severity.The other punishes the poor with procedure.Both protect the rich with the same quiet hand.Both speak of equality and mean equally powerless.

This silence or that silence?One is the silence of those who do not know.The other is the silence of those who do not speak.Both are silence.Both are complicit.

This death or that death?One comes quickly.The other comes slowly.Both take everything.Both arrive while you are still choosing.

They ask you to chooseAs if choosing is the opposite of losing.