Modern democracies have been around long enough for neoliberal capitalists to learn how to subvert them. They have mastered the technique of infiltrating the instruments of democracy-the 'independent' judiciary, the 'free' press, the parliament-and moulding them to their purpose. (Arundhati Roy)

Modern democracies have been around long enough for neoliberal capitalists to learn how to subvert them. They have mastered the technique of infiltrating the instruments of democracy-the 'independent' judiciary, the 'free' press, the parliament-and moulding them to their purpose.

Arundhati Roy

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