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Cthulhu_ on Feb 17, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: “Equation Group” ran the most advanced hacking ope...

It's not a what-if actually, the US government - or at least the higher-ups, like the senate - are bought by those with money. And buying votes / power / votes is the core principle of corruption.

datashovel on Feb 17, 2015 [–]

I didn't want to sound too presumptuous when I wrote the comment, but I would agree the current state of things is far from ideal.

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