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A Competent Democracy (2012)

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Posted by Films For Action on Jul. 17, 2012

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A Competent Democracy presents a detailed analysis of our political systems today and asks the question throughout: Do our political systems today offer any technical approach to governing society and are our political systems socially relevant anymore? The current economic system does not go unquestioned either.

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