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Albert Einstein was a proud Socialist. He wrote these words in 1949 - very relevant in 2019.

"Private capital tends to become concentrated in few hands, ...The result of these developments is an oligarchy of private capital the enormous power of which cannot be
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effectively checked even by a democratically organised political society. This is true since the members of legislative bodies are selected by political parties, largely financed or otherwise influenced by private capitalists who, for all practical purposes, ...
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separate the electorate from the legislature. The consequence is that the representatives of the people do not in fact sufficiently protect the interests of the underprivileged sections of the population.

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Moreover, under existing conditions, private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information (press, radio, education).

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It is thus extremely difficult, and indeed in most cases quite impossible, for the individual citizen to come to objective conclusions and to make intelligent use of his political rights."

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Einstein is describing THIS election
MONEY supports Johnson
MONEY demonises Corbyn
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