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Re:Anti-corruption shortfalls fuelling ‘global democracy cri... by vkou on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @07:03PM (#19031219)
That's mostly a theoretical concern. The 1% tends to play off half of the proles against the other half.

Alternatively, they introduce an involatile shared fiction into the public conscious, that justifies their position - such as the divine right of kings, or the sanctity of the feudal contract.

Re:Anti-corruption shortfalls fuelling ‘global democracy cri... by wav-part on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @09:11PM (#19031985)
> Alternatively, they introduce an involatile shared fiction into the public conscious, that justifies their position

Like democracy=good, populism=bad ?