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WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO FOLLOW THE NOISE — THE SPOOKS IN THE MACHINE.

Amae
3 min readJan 31, 2025

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It is never about context,
You know that is all too complex.
It is all about the surface, the line … rehearsed, …the elongated narrative that remains the same.
The empty pail has to be filled to quench their thirst, those who hide behind ‘The LAW’ to excuse their actions. It is never about humility or humanity.

They will drive you crazy, yet they will choose to excuse their actions for monetary games.
Sad, but it is the game they play with human lives: you — as a dispensable commodity.

The minions bow to ingratiate themselves with the overlords,
They are doing the jobs and hope to extract the financial rewards for their loyalty.
It matters not the morality or immorality of the cause.
Pause, you know? It’s all about the money and the absence of will.
Winning is such a steal.

It is that noise, that deafening sound, that penetrates everything.
They will hold their noses; they profess to have no choice.
From the king to the pauper, the system has its own voice.
The corporation is, after all, a person. Thus, it has consciousness.
We are the weakness: the spook in the…

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Amae
Amae

Written by Amae

Interested in people, nature, science and technology, and history. MSc in Research Methods (Birkbeck), MA Industrial Design (UAL)

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