Democracy, as Is, Is a Fata Morgana

Democracy looks good from a distance. Come closer, and it isn’t there. Our democracy is influenced—if not dominated—by deep-pocketed corporations, i.e., special interest groups. How otherwise might one explain why cancer-causing cigarettes are sold legally while pain-relieving medical marijuana is punished by law? Who is behind prohibiting the legalization of marijuana? The illegal growers. If…

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