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Enoki33

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3. Auctions vs Elections

Reply to tosh (Original post)

Fri Apr 26, 2013, 11:27 AM

Apr 2013

A friend from Australia once commented that we do not have elections in this country-- what we have are carefully orchestrated auctions. There is no disputing that politicians basically are owned by corporations and the super rich. Democracy was not supposed to work this way.

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Great one! tosh Apr 2013 #4

Very powerful. Baitball Blogger Apr 2013 #5