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Cory Doctorow on Nostr: In democracies, we're told, politicians exist to reflect and enact the popular will; ...
In democracies, we're told, politicians exist to reflect and enact the popular will; but the truth is, politicians' primary occupation is *thwarting* the will of the people, in preference to the will of a small group of wealthy, powerful people.
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