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Originally posted by Pennington
Democracy makes it so that socialism is ineviatable. Whenever a poor person has just as much power as a rich one, policies will reflect that.
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I would dispute the idea that a poor person has as much power as a rich one. True, 1 person=1 vote, but the wealthy have much more say over government in our country than the poor. The poor by and large can't afford lobbyists, or massive campaign contributions and the implied quid pro quo they carry. Something like half of this term's freshman congresspersons are millionaires. Voting often isn't enough power when the choice is between one corporate puppet and another corporate puppet. Not that all politicians are bought and paid for, but they know where their campaign contributions are coming from and they have to make a deal with the devil if they want to get re-elected and push their constituents' agendas through.
God, I miss Paul Wellstone.
