Ruled Through Impossible Dreams

Dictators no more think of themselves as dictators,
than they like the obvious being pointed out to them.

If anyone is going to state the obvious
it has to be them pointing it out to others,
the more to rule over the masses
with cliches of hi-tech future-fantasies,
driven by media that they control.

Media that like to be seen to be distant from,
the less to be held to account for what it says.

Such detachment is made complete
by small, highly controlled, government
where leaders are only ever in 'emit' mode
and never knowingly receive messages
from those that they say they serve.

In the end the complete dis-service
of the public is merely a matter of time
and how rigged to denial the media can be.