Citizens? They are privileged.
The people? They are born free.
Privileges can be taken
away from you, you see?
Citizens are to their government,
as subjects to their king.
Where the people are transformed to citizens,
I'm sorry, but freedom just can't ring!
The government uses different tools
to maintain the power at its disposal.
It seems most citizens don't really care,
although what government does is not always noble.
Replacing our rights with privileges,
gives government access to power.
The fear of losing those privileges
makes the transformed citizen cower!
The government uses its tool of choice,
the very well known divide and rule!
It drives a wedge of discrimination,
as it plays the citizen for a fool!
The servant of the people,
was the government supposed to be.
But over time it has evolved
to rule the citizen, its faithful devotee!
Note: First posted on Facebook.
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