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Old 11-10-2007, 11:20 AM
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Default Re: Chomsky on Anarchism (sidenote; education)

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I don't think most of the "poverty" class would be viable without government aid/interference.

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The point I was trying to make was that the only reason the government takes care of poor people is because the majority of people care about poor people and vote in social programs.

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Your correct. Most people also favour some form of egalitarian reform, universal healthcare, etc. but thanks to private powers manipulation of government and the nature of the constitution the democratic opinion of the majority is inept without major pubblic stuggle.
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