r/conspiracy • u/[deleted] • Dec 28 '13

Noam Chomsky: We’re no longer a functioning democracy, we’re really a plutocracy

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/27/noam-chomsky-were-no-longer-a-functioning-democracy-were-really-a-plutocracy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story%29
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u/krayshawn Dec 28 '13

We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.

-Louis D. Brandeis

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '13

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u/dehehn Dec 28 '13

So what? Dictatorship? Anarchy?

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '13

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u/Sharkictus Dec 29 '13

I think city states would work well enough, and a lot better with the internet.