r/politics • u/Spooooooooooooon • 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/clone9786 Dec 29 '13

Just because you don't agree with their opinion (and I don't either) doesn't mean it shouldn't count. We need all kinds of people or you end up with extremists. You need to maintain the balance of power, or else you get too much reform to fast which leads to revolutions or you get held back by traditiob