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My alternative is that they can speak their mind when they aren't representing constituents.

• estearum 10mo ago
  Where "constituents" means "money-weighted interpolation of opinions from constituents, corporations, and politically active non-constituent HNWs alike."
  • 2OEH8eoCRo0 10mo ago
    Money is often a proxy for influence. Keeping your mill owners happy is usually good for the mill workers.
    • estearum 10mo ago
      Lol
    • a4isms 10mo ago
      So the workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory should have locked all the factory exits themselves? Keeping the employees from taking breaks was definitely the thing that made the owner happy.