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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
democracies fail because the citizens vote themselves more and more 'perks' until the revenue and respect are gone... just sayin' you know?
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"Perks" like healthcare, clean air, clean water, education, and infrastructure - or perks like pentagon/military/war funding, big oil tax breaks, big bank bailouts, and tax loopholes that allow the super wealthy to hide their income from benefiting the countries that allowed them to grow richer?
Will the "citizens" get to vote on whether or not we go to war with Iran, or whether or not we fund problematic countries like Israel, or whether or not we want our tax dollars used against us in the funding of a police state?
I don't blame the "citizens" - especially not the poor ones that weren't born with silver spoons in their mouths.
