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this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2026
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"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires" - John Steinbeck
Because the rich own the government via the two party circus.
They’d still own it with a three or four or five party system, or a no party system.
It's a principal agent problem. With liquid democracy they'd need to bribe literally everyone.