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Avalanche Effect — LDP Landslide Victory

This poem portrays, with irony and cold restraint, how an electoral “avalanche of public will” transforms celebration into the self-justification and unchecked momentum of power.

The repeated cries of “Congratulations!” function not as praise, but as declarations of what is no longer needed—voices, criticism, explanation—revealing the hollowing out of democracy while its form remains intact.

Beneath the exhilaration of victory lies danger: the moment when numerical dominance overwhelms ethics. The poem renders visible the speed and arrogance with which that shift occurs.

 

Avalanche Effect — LDP Landslide Victory

 

Congratulations! Congratulations!

From here on, no praise for victory is required.

We will straighten our collars

and flawlessly shoulder the heavy responsibility.

 

Congratulations! Congratulations!

From here on, no need to mind those around us.

We will chart the course

toward the Japan we envision.

 

Congratulations! Congratulations!

From here on, no need for aging power brokers.

We will reform outdated structures.

 

Congratulations! Congratulations!

From here on, no need for interference.

Backed by public will,

we will do as we please.

 

Congratulations! Congratulations!

From here on, no slander or criticism needed.

With speed and efficiency,

we will eliminate them.

 

Congratulations! Congratulations!

From here on, no rebuttals or opposition needed.

We will push everything through

by the logic of numbers.

 

Congratulations! Congratulations!

From here on, no advice needed.

All matters will be handled by our brains trust.

 

Congratulations! Congratulations!

Please refrain from detailed explanations.

We will steer the nation

as the new conservative right.

 

Congratulations! Congratulations!

We will continue to uphold

the outlaw spirit.

Hardline reform will advance,

shielded by the will of the people.

 

 

 


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