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People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

Jose Saramago
Reality, Government, Hymns
"Still a street-fighting man". Interview with Stephanie Merritt, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2006.
People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.