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[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 days ago

Conversely, as democracy is perverted by moneyed interests, government will more and more resemble the will of the short sighted shareholders obsessed with the next quarterly gains. Leading to a useful idiot government selling the country to corporations through regulatory capture and privatization.

That's what happened in the real world. Not the will of the broader populace, but the will of the few people who pay the politicians in charge of both parties.