Predictably formulaic it never seems to fail
countries accustomed to authoritarian rule
making their initial tentative steps toward
the exoticism of democracy anticipate
it will be inevitable that fortunes will rise
and wealth will accrue to the elite and the
commoners but the magic formulation fails
democracy is discredited once and for all
the experiment with elected offcialdom a
disaster that must be erased and who better
to effect that return to tradition than the
military never completely enthused over their
changed role in maintaining peace and order
when disorderly conflict held the promise of
territorial expansion and social corruption had
its value in rewarding those faithful to the
fists that struck down any who dissented.
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