[news] The Macabre Dance of US-Style "Democracy"

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By John Pilger - January 24, 2008

What struck me, living and working in the United States, was that presidential campaigns were a parody, entertaining and often grotesque. They are a ritual danse macabre of flags, balloons and bullshit, designed to camouflage a venal system based on money, power, human division and a culture of permanent war.  


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