Modern Politicians Bewilder Us Into Submission by Treating Reality Like Conceptual Art
From Putin's Russia to Cameron's United Kingdom to Obama's United States, information has become increasingly baffling and contradictory -- which helps if you're an oligarch trying to rob the public blind.From Putin’s Russia to Cameron’s United Kingdom to Obama’s United States, information has become increasingly baffling and contradictory — which helps if you’re an oligarch trying to rob the public blind.
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