Proximity to power has an unsurprising ability to mutate a politicians spinal cord into bright yellow jelly.
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That natural disasters are required to provide Americans with a glimpse of reality in their own country is an indication of the deep rot infecting the official political culture.
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This is the permanent tension that lies at the heart of a capitalist democracy and is exacerbated in times of crisis. In order to ensure the survival of the richest it is democracy that has to be heavily regulated rather than capitalism.
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