Manufacturing Consent

By Kimberley Pearson

Another take down piece

In the name of free speech

Make your name on me

Find fame in me

Can they make you hate me

The gullible and easily led

Manipulation of the educated

A social media invention

No gatekeeper to stop any bullying

Are they manufacturing your consent?

Is it just another PR placement ?

Are you a master of the universe in your mother’s basement

Down the rabbit hole of an algorithm

Is there a secret Facebook government

Someone who decides what is in and what is out

Socials free of editorial comment

Troping everyone you don’t like

And the statemen wipe their brows

Iconoclasts and Holy Cows

As the avante garde

Try so hard

Critical mass

Critical mass

It’s reaching

Critical mass

Don’t let them shape your world view

Don’t let them tell you what to do

Think about it from their point of view

Don’t bully me or impose your will

Don’t be subtle when you manipulate

My world view

And the rainmakers make it rain

And the kingmakers take up aim

The dealmakers call a truce

For the peacemakers can’t make peace

You were born to be a game changer

A rule breaker

A world changer

A peacemaker

Is manufactured pop manufacturing your consent?

If I have the same opinion as everyone else

Am I really thinking for myself?

Critical mass

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