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unwarranted's avatar

The line that you see between the “authoritarian” state and the private sector exists in your mind. The two-party system is a charade. The elected Senators and Representatives and the President are the paid minions of those with the deep pockets. You see a lack of competition as the crux of the problem, and I say this country needs to give democracy a shot. More competition won’t inspire the Washington lackeys to faithfully represent their constituents. When money is removed from the electoral process, the lackeys can’t be bought. Democracy cannot be achieved by having more alphas vying for control that never should be up for grabs.

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Society's Stinky Parts's avatar

They'll be devout True Believers, which is even worse.

Nobody needs a state except slavers and rentiers. Those relations don't actually need to exist. We need to be destroying gods, not "reforming" them to keep the middle class slavers in the style to which they are accustomed.

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