Steven MageeMost politicians are corrupt as they do not represent the masses that voted for them, but rather they choose to return numerous favors to the corporations that funded their election campaigns.
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In the quote from the book, "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds," author Charles Mackay explains how politicians are corrupted by the money they receive. He said, “The public had ceased to send its honest vote to those whom it had chosen. Its votes had become bribes.”
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