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Re:Hit men, click whores, and paid apologists: Welcome to th... by xradionut on Monday February 13, 2012 @08:51PM (#3588262)
"We live in a democracy."

We don't live in anything close to democracy. It's hard for a populous to change a corrupt system when all the cards are stacked against the greater public.

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Re:Hit men, click whores, and paid apologists: Welcome to th... by snowwrestler on Monday February 13, 2012 @09:27PM (#3588353)
Silicon Valley is not the greater public, it is a collection of very talented, motivated, rich people. It could be very influential in Washington, but until recently has chosen to avoid it instead.
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Re:Hit men, click whores, and paid apologists: Welcome to th... by jarek on Saturday February 25, 2012 @08:07PM (#3634427)
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/populace noun

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/populous adjective

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