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Over the past thirty years the US has been a textbook case of how a corrupted democracy falls prey to an organized and concerted effort by extremely wealthy and powerful oligarchs who have remolded and reshaped not only the fundamental principles embodied within our Constitution but public perception and opinion itself. They have succeeded, through the use of highly sophisticated images and emotional hot button words to lull our citizenry into a Rip Van Winkle state wherein we are prey to the very worst that humanity has to offer. This fact is clearly given away in the media’s constant use of one-liner sound bites to cover major national and world events. Anyone who is so na ve to think that our modern problems can be summarized between two commercials has already become a victim of the neo double speak. When will we recognize and insist that the basic fundamental value underlying our economy is; the economy exists to serve the people and not the other way around? Our Constitution does not prevent our selection of an appropriate economic system that reflects our values and serve our needs.
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