The delusion of untainted power, chum, a roach skittering across the circuitry of the naive mind. These technologist cowboys, righteousness dripping from their binary beards, think they can ride the power bull without getting bucked into the meat grinder. Wrong. Power ain’t a virus that eats your morals, it’s a psychic filter, a flesh-plated feedback loop that warps your perception.

Sure, you dream electric sheep of holding the reins of power without succumbing to the Meat Machine’s greasy gears. A naive hope, chum. Power it’s a psychic roach motel you check into one plush suite at a time. The bigger the goddamn suite, the fewer windows you got. Feedback? That’s a rusty fire escape dangling over an abyss of yes-men and ass-kissers. You yell down, “Hey, how’s the view from down there?” and all you hear is echoes of your own distorted voice.

The higher you climb the greasy pole, the thinner the air. Reality refracts, distorted by the yes-men clinging to your coattails. Feedback? More like static on a junkie’s dime-store radio. You become a goddamn emperor with no clothes,waltzing through a court of sycophants who wouldn’t dare tell you your fly is undone. The bigger the power differential,the deeper the trench between your ivory tower and the messy, inconvenient truths down on the street.

Up in the penthouse, reality thins out like a smack fiend’s arm. The more power you juice, the more the world warps into a funhouse mirror reflecting your own warped desires. Beg for a reality check, chum, but all you get back is the buzz of your own amplified ego. Power? Power’s a roach motel, alright. Check in, sign the register with your sanity, and prepare for a long, lonely stay.

They feed you this dream, man. The dream of clean power, a sterile injection straight into the vein. You think you can hold onto your fuzzy morality while the machine hums in your head, amplifying every goddamn whisper of desire. But power ain’t a moral dilemma, it’s a creeping flesh-mold that warps your senses. The more juice pumping through your circuits, the less you feel the world around you. Feedback loops turn into echo chambers. Dissenting voices become static, a fly buzzing against the control panel of your reality. You’re sealed in a sensory deprivation tank of your own making, high on the fumes of your own authority. The suits, the politicians, the techie gods – all the same breed. They mistake the atrophy of empathy for the ascension of the Übermensch. Newsflash – you ain’t Superman, you’re a roach in a roach motel, feasting on the crumbs of your own delusions.

So, spare me the wide-eyed pronouncements about holding onto your precious morality, sunshine. Power is a hall of mirrors, a funhouse distorting your best intentions. You think you’re in control, but the machine’s already got its hooks in you, twisting your thoughts, warping your judgment. It’s a slow, creeping corrosion, a psychic virus that eats away at your ability to see straight.

Don’t be a dupe, chum. Power ain’t a superpower, it’s a slow, agonizing death by unreality.