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Opportunity here for me to stand on my "most people would prefer the feudal system" soapbox.

Give the proletariat bread and circuses, or in modern wording, beer and football, with some vague promises about the possibility of class mobility if you work hard enough, plastered with a layer of religion, and the 1% are home free.

The poorest states over here are also the reddest. That is the fundamental problem...

by asdf on Wed Aug 21st, 2013 at 01:12:01 PM EST

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