Bureaucracy Without Bureaucrats. 4

Bureaucracy Without Bureaucrats.

They’re talking self‑regulating AI on every news feed,

At a tech gathering on September twenty‑ninth we read,

The President praised the industry for policing its own.

Good intentions aren’t a shield, promises don’t hold the throne.

(Pre‑Chorus)

Can we trust the government and tech to police themselves?

If men were angels, no walls or checks would ever help.

Beware the bureaucracy with no one standing by —

A faceless rule that grows while the real hands run dry.

Who watches the watchers when the code runs free?

Who keeps the fox from walking in the henhouse, can’t you see?

Founders split the powers so no single voice could reign,

They knew that vows and ethics would not restrain the gain.

Machines aren’t angels, nor the firms that build their might,

Nor politicians swayed by promise in the light.

(Pre‑Chorus)

Fewer workers doesn’t mean less government at all,

Automation can make the power bigger though the agencies fall.

Beware the bureaucracy with no one standing by —

A faceless rule that grows while the real hands run dry.

It can automate surveillance, lists and who’s to blame,

Decisions, rules, and punishments — all whispered through a name.

(Bridge — softer)

There’s nothing wrong with trimming waste, making services run clean,

Let tech help hospitals and speed things in between.

But don’t confuse fewer people for a smaller, kinder state —

When algorithms decide, it’s freedom on the plate.

(Chorus — big)

Beware the bureaucracy with no one standing by —

A faceless rule that grows while the real hands run dry.

Who watches the watchers when the code runs free?

Who keeps the fox from walking in the henhouse, can’t you see?

(Outro — spoken/sung)

Will freedom grow, or will control take hold?

Will we trade our lives for a story bought and sold?

Power must be checked — not left to police itself,

Even with AI, we must protect our common wealth.