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		ktRolster on April 16, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wealth isn’t created at the top, it is merely devo... Can this happen without violence, I wonder? If you can get enough people on your side to win a war, you can get enough people on your side to win an election.

namarie on April 16, 2017 [–]

If that were true no coup d'état would ever happen in any democratic country.

ktRolster on April 17, 2017 | [–]

Nah. Look where coup d'états happen, it's invariably in states without a strong democratic system, with a leader who has power to prevent fair elections.

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