Are governments just protection rackets for the 1%?

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Are governments just protection rackets for the 1%?

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Are governments just protection rackets for the 1%?

Our political systems, regardless of who is elected or in power, have become tools of our oligarchs and are designed to insure that they retain their wealth. We are in fact and in reality ruled by our various oligarchs.

Do you recognize that fact?

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DL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzQYA9Qjsi0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-rpkZe2OEo
http://www.upworthy.com/9-out-of-10-americans-are-completely-wrong-about-this-mind-blowing-fact-2
http://www.upworthy.com/20-years-of-data-reveals-that-congress-doesnt-care-what-you-think?c=upw1&u=94acbbeb6bbd6d664157009a896e71b014efbf27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJy8vTu66tE&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs
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