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The Price of Submission

by Rolph David

This poem tries to explore the personal and societal consequences of living under a prospecitve dictatorship, where the truth is silenced, and freedom of the press is crushed. Through the fate of figures like Jim Acosta, the poem reflects on the heavy price of speaking out against tyranny and the loss of voice in a world where obedience reigns. A stark warning of what happens when dissent is erase...

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Monday 3rd February 2025 9:24 am

dictatorship   freedom of the press   dissent   Acosta   censorship   tyranny   silence   loss   resistance   oppression   media manipulation   freedom of speech   authoritarianism   truth

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