This Game is Rigged
Processed food they make
Brewed to build dependency
Designed to thwart satiety
Deceptive labels, portion sizes
Whole foods priced out of range
They are lying to you
Social apps they make
Designed to eat your secrets
Tried and tested to depress
More connected, isolated
Chasing biochemistry
They are lying to you
Dating apps they make
Designed to keep you solo
A hundred thousand left rejections
Lonely hearts buy subscriptions
There is no money in connection
They are lying to you
Media they make
Designed to sell your eyes
Hypnotized by the new religion
Formulated for distraction
It’s not delivery—it’s extraction
They are lying to you
Beauty myths they make
Designed for agitation
Standards set for flagellation
Piped directly to your location
Knives and toxins razing faces
They are lying to you
Pornography they make
Designed to separate
Geld, exploit, distract, degrade
A predatory trade agreement
Fertile soil for wet cement
They are lying to you
Headlines they make
Designed to keep you angry
Seeing neighbours as the enemy
We let true evil sidestep enmity
United we stand, divided we shop
They are lying to you
Pharmaceuticals they make
Designed for skinny, horny, happy
A penny spent, a thousand charged
When one prescription makes you sick
There’s another for the side effects
They are lying to you
Housing they make
Designed to cage the slaves
More like cells than accommodations
Less building homes than speculation
Screwing entire generations
They are lying to you
Jobs they make
Designed to keep you chained
To an oar for decades more
We trade our lives for paltry pay
Your job is safe—’til you’re replaced
They are lying to you
Communities they break
Designed to eradicate
Desire to associate
Every wedge drives lives apart
Solo souls are easy marks
They are lying to you
Economies they make
Designed to tilt the table
Markets rule across the globe
Lobbyists loud as bombs
Bombs louder than babies
They are lying to you
Laws they make
Designed to disservice
Ninety-nine over one percent
The more things change they stay the same
A feudal system in all but name
They are lying to you
Products they make
Designed to calculate
How little we are willing to take
Against what we’ll consent to pay
Add every chance to take away
They are lying to you
Values they make
Designed for averice
Paints a picture green with envy
Happiness is the levy
The thief of joy is comparison
They are lying to you
Dreams they weave
Designed to deceive
We poor pass tax cuts for the rich
Awaiting ships not yet come in
Briefly disadvantaged millionaires
They are lying to you
This is all by design
They have us right in line
Plump, lonely, scrolling, swiping
Bingeing, purging, poking, squabbling
Caged, labouring, alone, despairing
Awaiting what will never come
This game is rigged
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