Scott Peters - The unending chase for money, I believe, threatens to steal our democracy itself. I&#...

Scott Peters Zitate

The unending chase for money, I believe, threatens to steal our democracy itself. I've used the word 'corrupting,' and I want to be very clear about it: I mean by it not the corruption of individuals, but a corruption of a system itself that all of us are forced to participate in against our will.

Scott Peters

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Ich glaube, die unendliche Jagd nach Geld droht, unsere Demokratie selbst zu stehlen. Ich habe das Wort "Verderben" gebraucht und möchte ganz klar sein: Ich meine damit nicht die Verderbnis von Individuen, sondern die Verderbnis eines Systems selbst, an dem wir alle gegen unseren Willen teilnehmen müssen.

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