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3. So long as the 1%'ers can keep 30-40% of the rest brainwashed, redistribution won't happen

Reply to Jefferson23 (Original post)

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 01:59 PM

Jan 2012

They have gotten good enough at voter suppression, gerrymandering, and fraud that all they need is a solid 30-40% behind them to steal most elections (not just in the US but in the UK and elsewhere). Or they can just say the hell with what people want and install a technocrat to do their bidding (Greece, Italy). I have no delusions that they are going to give up their wealth without a long, bloody fight.

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