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That’s all accurate and of some importance, but of far more importance is the fact that elections just don’t take place, not in any meaningful sense of the term ‘election.’

Noam Chomsky

Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.
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Above Change Come Gift Progress Really Struggle
It followed international law and treaty obligations. It collected evidence, brought the evidence to the highest existing tribunal, the International Court of Justice, and received a verdict – which, of course, the U.S. dismissed with contempt.
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Contempt Course Court Evidence Existence Follow Highest International Justice Obligation Receive
The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
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Country Last Love Minute States Support United Until
It is pretty ironic that the so-called ‘least advanced’ people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us.
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Advance All Ironic Leas Of One Pretty Protect Talk Try Us
I don’t join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn’t have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying child in Heaven – that’s none of my business, ultimately. I won’t lecture her on the philosophy of science.
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Arrogance Atheist Business Child Dry Example Heaven Hope Join Lecture New Some
In the US, there is basically one party – the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies.
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Basically Business Democrat Function One Party Republican
The childcare tax credit makes some sense.
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Childcare Credit Make Sense Some Tax
Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it’s from Neptune.
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Conversation Doctrine Either Every New Repeat Same Say Something Time
I mean, to say it in a sentence, he describes elections as occasions in which groups of investors coalesce and invest to control the state.
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Coalesce Control Group Investor Mean Occasion Sentence State
Governments don’t control people like they used to.
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Control Government People Use
That’s all accurate and of some importance, but of far more importance is the fact that elections just don’t take place, not in any meaningful sense of the term ‘election.’
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Accurate Election Fact Importance Meaningful More Place Sense Some Term
Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States.
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Hero May People Primary Stood Think
But China, they’ve been there for 3,000 years and are paying no attention to the barbarians and don’t see any need to.
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Attention Barbarian Been Country Need Pay See Thousand Three Year
In the case of the environment, there’s no one to bail it out.
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Bail Case Environment No One Out
I didn’t pay my taxes for years.
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My Pay Tax Year
Now that’s so deep in history that there’s no point even bringing it up, but it did once exist.
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Bring Build Deep Ever Exist History Now Once Point

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