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Michael Parenti: Democratic Government vs The State...
Recorded in 1992 and probably more relevant today as then.
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/1762
The State are those mechanisms of raw power meant to protect property and wealth.
Democratic Government are institutions meant to constrain (but often disguise) the powers of The State.
We are living through a period where The State is taking those powers back.
