the threat they pose is the thing that gives them attention... and the solutions are usually fairly simple - they are cheapskates, and rob the herd where it is thickest
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also, they have so much voting intelligence going on these days that it's only if you are one of those "battleground" people that you even have a real influence
democracy is a scam the purpose of which is to misdirect the attention of people from the bigger plot they are running