When Power Needs a Parade – Part 4
Title: Patriotism on a Leash
Tagline: When the empire feels weak, it throws a parade to pretend it still matters.
Strong systems don’t need to scream.
But when things start slipping? That’s when the flags come out. The uniforms. The fireworks. The overcompensating salutes.
It’s not pride. It’s panic.
See, when power knows it’s losing grip, it doesn’t reflect. It distracts. It throws military parades. It floods the streets with uniforms and marches to remind the public: “We’re still in charge.”
But if you were really in charge?
You wouldn’t need to prove it.
The louder the anthem, the quieter the questions. The bigger the flyover, the smaller the accountability. It’s all misdirection—a pageant designed to cover the cracks in the foundation.
They call it patriotism. But the timing always gives it away.
Right when people demand answers? They get fireworks. Right when protestors gather? Cue the tanks on TV. Right when the country needs healing? They roll out the drums.
It’s not to celebrate freedom. It’s to silence the idea that freedom might be missing.
And when the powerful start using celebration to drown out dissent? That’s not unity. That’s camouflage.
Final Word:A strong nation doesn’t need a parade to feel valid.
Only insecure ones choreograph the illusion.
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