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A democracy barely functions under the neoliberal system.


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Jingoism, racism, fear, religious fundamentalism: these are the ways of appealing to people if you're trying to organize a mass base of support for policies that are really intended to crush them.



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The world is a very puzzling place. If you're not willing to be puzzled, you just become a replica of someone else's mind.



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Democratic societies can't force people. Therefore they have to control what they think.



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Nobody should have any illusions. The United States has essentially a one-party system and the ruling party is the business party.



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If you want to control a population... give them a God to worship.



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