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RVN VET

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8. What kind of system sets up a government like this?

Reply to SamKnause (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 09:17 AM

Jun 2015

Answer: one driven primarily by money, greed, and the acquisition of more and more power. The government doesn't permit the vile rich to get away with crimes against the world economy (and, by inference, humanity), the vile rich design a government that allows them to do so.

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