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A comment on Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now. Parent comment
Everyone seems to hate politicians, yet we rely on them.
And in theory, they're acting as our proxies.
Why does this seemingly good situation turn out so badly?
(I don't know, per se. I know a number of theories. I'm mulling them over, like a fine wine or whisky or whatever it is that one mulls.)
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Everyone seems to hate politicians, yet we rely on them.
And in theory, they're acting as our proxies.
Why does this seemingly good situation turn out so badly?
(I don't know, per se. I know a number of theories. I'm mulling them over, like a fine wine or whisky or whatever it is that one mulls.)