“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” These words by Lord Acton summarise the history of humanity: the downfall of nations and the rise of tyrants. Political systems often present themselves as structures built to serve, but beneath the surface lies an indestructible agenda to exploit the masses. These systems are falsely sold as useful to the people but remain to fulfil the ambitions of those who seek dominance. They are nothing but tools for those who manipulate laws, institutions, and narratives to maintain control. Any prevalence of humanity within these systems is sifted and eradicated, replaced by greed and obedience. Thriving beneath the veil of governance, they become stain-less weapons of suppression, upholding the power of the few while leaving the masses to grow weak and falter.

The system’s rust is so ancient and immovable that it has become indistinguishable from the fabric of society itself. The tyranny is far from concealed—it is plain, daring and glaring—but its age has granted it legitimacy. We grow within its confines, unaware of the chains it places upon us. It has been normalised to such an extent that questioning it feels like heresy, and dissent is met with dismissal or punishment.

The system’s greatest triumph is its ability to convince the masses that its cruelty is the course of nature itself, its flaws are unchangeable and unworthy of trying. Over time, this blind acceptance ensures that even the oppressed contribute to maintenance of these walls, allowing the continuation of both submission and control.

Even when cracks in the system meet the surface, the audience before the performance is unworthy of bringing forth change. Generations of indoctrination have dulled their senses, stripping them of the will to rebel, the will to move past the drawn lines. An audience foolishly willing to accept their roles as spectators, they remain too apathetic or fearful to challenge the machinery that oppresses them. They remain too preoccupied to recognise the outnumbering ratio they share with their assailants. Those who dare to speak out are often silenced, their voices lost in a sea of indifference or funnelled into hollow gestures of reform that amount to nothing. The masses, groomed to be complacent, are either too disillusioned to believe in change or too complicit to desire it. In a world where the majority refuses to act, tyranny becomes immortal.

This unending cycle of corruption and mass ignorance weighs heavy on the land, creating a burden that grows with each passing generation. The rot spreads slowly but relentlessly, feeding on the apathy of the masses and the insatiable greed of the elites. The people, blinded by ignorance and conditioned to see the system as eternal, remain trapped in a cycle of servitude. They are left to bear the weight of poverty, injustice, and despair, while those in power rise unchecked, reaping the rewards of their domination. This imbalance tips the scales irrevocably, ensuring the inevitable decline of the masses. The land, once fertile with potential, becomes barren under the weight of exploitation, its people exhausted and its resources drained.

For the elites, however, this collapse is not a tragedy—it is a calculated victory. They thrive amid chaos, using the ruins of society as stepping stones for their own gain. They ensure that the system never fully crumbles but instead limps along, just functional enough to maintain their rule. The decline is engineered to affect only those at the bottom, while the top remains insulated, untouchable and poised to rebuild the system in their favour. And so, the cycle continues—a never-ending loop of decay and control, where the masses bear the brunt of suffering while the powerful emerge unscathed, their dominance inevitable by the very ignorance and apathy they cultivate.