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      4 days ago

      What do you mean? They are accountable to their class collaborators. They benefit from all sorts of “campaign contributions”, corrupt dealings, lobbying and investments. For sure some of them have the additional guarantee of epstein-variety blackmail.

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          I’m not clear on what you mean here. The system is a kind of an embodiment of malice towards the poor. I’m not saying that all these politicians are consciously malicious, I’m saying that they don’t work for us.