The political system is an industry, right? They're these two parties and they perpetuate themselves by doing all the things that you write about in this paper. I think there's a reasonable case to be made for that. A lot of politicians have realized they can maintain power as long as they maintain loyalty among their political party or they keep fundraising.
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