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yhckrfan
13y ago
>You seem to have missed my point. >Which is that you're doing nothing. >And saying nothing. Actually I do do things, I do write and air my grievances with my local representative(s). I do expect them to be accountable.
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yhckrfan
13y ago
>Invoking the Secret Words of Power is not actually doing any more than waving a magic wand. Neither is doing nothing.
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yhckrfan
13y ago
>However, the funding of political campaigns through lobbying is an above board bribery that effectively debt the government official to their sposors... which are increasingly large corporations with wealthy owners. Agreed there are pro
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yhckrfan
13y ago
> Government isn't an isolated entity in society it represents segments of a society. And usually that is the rich and or powerful. I do believe the rich and powerful do have a leash around many governments, and so do the average pe
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yhckrfan
13y ago
Accountability would be a start.
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yhckrfan
13y ago
Note: The US is a good country overall so the following may sound like anti US rhetoric but it isn't meant that way. Even in my country I am seeing similar things. >Last year, the richest 10% got 50% of all income/wealth. I thi