Republic of serfs

CLIENTISM thrives only when citizens become ballot serfs, pathetically grateful to the chieftain politician who gifts them their entitlements.

Republic of serfs
Sat, 17 Jun, 2006 - 01:00
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It’s we who failed to demand a democratic equitable society so it’s we who corrupted him, and not the other way round.

Blake Creedon

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