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[โ€“] Surreal@programming.dev 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If lobbying and campaign donation stay legal, no matter which politicians you vote, the result will stay the same. The rich and corps can easily buy out any politicians they want

[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

Even then, if a Communist or Socialist party took power, the other mechanisms of the State will work against it. Allende proved this.