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Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski

Democracy

the problem, of course, isn’t the Democratic System,
it’s the
living parts which make up the Democratic System.
the next person you pass on the street,
multiply
him or
her by
or 4 or 30 or 40 million
and you will know
immediately
why things remain non-functional
for most of
us.
 
wish I had a cure for the chess pieces
we call Humanity...
 
we’ve undergone any number of political
cures
 
and we all remain
foolish enough to hope
that the one on the way
NOW
will cure almost
everything.
 
fellow citizens,
the problem never was the Democratic
System, the problem is
 
you.

#Americans #XXCentury #1993 #ThePleasuresOfTheDamned

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