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		tokenizer on April 23, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: F.C.C., in ‘Net Neutrality’ Turnaround, Plans to A... What a fancy way of saying we don't live in a functioning republic.

freshhawk on April 23, 2014 | [–]

It's also an evidence backed way of saying it. Which is quite useful.

rhubarbquid on April 23, 2014 | [–]

That was exactly the conclusion of the paper. The US is effectively an oligarchy.

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