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Comment by diego_moita

For a non-American, it is amusing to see Americans believing that their Congress are the people's servants.

Unlike other developed democracies, the U.S. is a country where bribing the Congress is actually legalized, in the form of campaign donations. In fact, the main work of most congresspeople is to run after money to finance their next campaign. Therefore they will serve primarily the ones that pay them, not the ones that elect them.

When open source bribes politicians then they'll pay attention.

parent diego_moita 6 years ago

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