"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Why Does Changing The Party In Power Never Change Policy?
Submitted by DP_Thinker on Wed, 2012-12-05 00:00
Even the most tyrannical of regimes exist only because the people of a nation passively allow it to en masse. As long as the people accept the political system as it is, we will continue to have it.
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