And the so-called 'political process' is a fraud: Our elected officials, like our bureaucratic functionaries, like even our judges, are largely the indentured servants of the commercial interests.

Edward Abbey
And the so-called 'political process' is a fraud: Our elected...
And the so-called 'political process' is a fraud: Our elected...
And the so-called 'political process' is a fraud: Our elected...
And the so-called 'political process' is a fraud: Our elected...
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The idea that our elected officials are “indentured servants of the commercial interests” is a bold claim, and one that most people would probably overestimate. After all, they are elected representatives of the people. So, how can they be slaves? Or, to ask the same question in the opposite way: how can an elected representative not be free to act in accordance with their true beliefs?

Source: Postcards From Ed: Dispatches And Salvos From An American Iconoclast

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