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Farmer-Rick

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7. This is how capitalism corrupts democracy

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Wed Nov 30, 2022, 11:50 AM

Nov 2022

Everything is for sale, so much so that even the enemies of a country can buy politicians to represent their interest. So we've gone from a country fighting a cold war with Russia, to country allowing Russia to pay our politicians for destroying our democratic government.

So, how many politicians do the Saudis own?

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