Originally Posted by
Xtreme87
Representative democracy? When is the last time you felt like you were "represented" by your elected officials? Your leaders are corrupt and don't give two $hits about you or me. They are slaves to their corporate donors and will pass laws accordingly. As long as there is money being poured into DC from corporations and billionaires, we will continue to have taxation without representation.
H. L. Mencken argued that the voters themselves are corrupt, greedy, and stupid, therefore they get exactly the leaders they deserve.
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