"Corruption is uniquely reprehensible in a democracy because……" — Thomas Frank
"Corruption is uniquely reprehensible in a democracy because it violates the system's first principle, which we all learned back in the sunshiny days of elementary school: that the government exist to serve the public, not particular companies or individuals or even elected officials."
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82 Quotes by Thomas Frank
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This aesthetic quality, then, is what politics is all about. It's authenticity that separates winners from losers, good politics from…
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Bad government is the natural product of rule by those who believe government is bad.
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These days, of course, the focus of talk about popular liberation through products is mostly associated with the Internet. I've…
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What becomes fascinating is the way the culture industry doesn't deny it and doesn't try to mitigate it, but tries…
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During the financial crisis and bailouts of 2008, it probably occurred to very few average people that we were entering…
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In America, we no longer have an institutionalized, organized way of calling business to task - of taking them to…
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The thing now is to seem concerned in a vaguely social-democratic way.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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