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Octafish

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11. Democracy is an Enemy of the Elite

Reply to DeSwiss (Reply #9)

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 01:49 PM

Apr 2015

"The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves... l don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist because of the irresponsibility of its own people."

-- Henry Kissinger on the US-backed coup d'etat in Chile.

And we wonder why the US keeps moving to the right, even when we vote in leaders who promise to move things to the left.

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K&R DeSwiss Apr 2015 #9

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K&R for the original post and subsequent informative posts and links. JEB Apr 2015 #16