This is a “classic” from a couple of years in the past, however on this period of plutocratic libertarian-authoritarianism, the message bears repeating. Since the Reagan period, the message that “government is bad” has been drilled into Americans’ noggins. But as I wrote on the time I drew this cartoon, in a wholesome democracy authorities exists as a verify on abuses of energy by moneyed pursuits. While authorities may be corrupt to various levels (with Citizens United actually not serving to), the fashionably cynical perception that every one authorities is inherently corrupt is an thought that allows corruption.
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