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Heard That Old Saying Democracy Is the Tyranny of The Majority? It Was Propaganda Invented By Elites

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Is it really surprising that the elite minority would try to convince the majority over which they rule, that democracy = tyranny?

This is a clip taken from the film Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Politics (2009). Watch the full film here. 

It's one of the best documentaries explaining the influence of money on politics. The film is based on Thomas Ferguson's book Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Party Competition and the Logic of Money-Driven Political Systems. 

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