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loup-vaillant on March 10, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Edward Snowden: ‘They’re setting fire to the futur...

> first world democracies

The people don't rule in the first world. The businesses do. So, "Democracy" is the wrong word. "Plutocracy" and "Oligarchy" are more accurate.

jonny_eh on March 10, 2014 [–]

Who rules in the other worlds?

loup-vaillant on March 11, 2014 | [–]

I'd say the First World businesses, although more indirectly. See the "structural adjustment packages" we impose to enslave those countries (devaluing money, favouring exportation…).

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