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Re:The Second Half of Watergate Was Bigger, Worse, and Forgo... by noir_lord on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @05:25PM (#18506600)
Much of the west is more in the 'panem et circenses' camp.

My co-workers don't follow politics (except what gets shovelled at them by the red tops) and largely don't care as long as they get to go on holiday a couple of times a year and upgrade their car every few.

By and large they are comfortable and so they are happy with things as they are.

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Re:The Second Half of Watergate Was Bigger, Worse, and Forgo... by mlthoughts2018 on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @06:09PM (#18506813)
Exactly, that is the phenomenon I pointed out in my first comment above as being deeply surprising and incongruent with the pervasiveness of the corruption. I agree it’s very real, that’s the unsettling & surprising part.
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