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The Corporatists want a peasant underclass who are ignorant enough to be easily manipulable, who, incredibly, with a little subtle misdirection and fearmongering, will vote against their own self-interests.

As we can see, with the hullabaloo surrounding the current Health Care debate...they've succeeded.

You don't have time to organize against the status quo when you're too busy scrambling to survive day-to-day.

What's next - the Company Store?