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Corruption is Legal in America (Original Post)
demwing
Nov 2015
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(50,983 posts)1. I really like this. BUT!
I don't like what he said about unions.
Unions have very little influence over the legislative process. If they did they would represent more than 7% of the private sector workers.
the concept is excellent, but even the best of us seem to have false-equivalency blinders on. I remember Jon Stewart using the same poor logic at times.
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(50,983 posts)3. It's a widespread mistake just as they wanted it to be.
Bubzer
(4,211 posts)4. Fantastic video!
It does a great job of illustrating the need for power to be recentralized in the voting public.