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I think there are two ways in which people are controlled. First of all frighten people and secondly, demoralize them. Choice depends on the freedom to choose and if you are shackled with debt you don’t have the freedom to choose. People in debt become hopeless and hopeless people don’t vote. They always say that everyone should vote but I think that if the poor in Britain or the United States turned out and voted for people that represented their interests there would be a real democratic revolution. An educated, healthy and confident nation is harder to govern. I think democracy is the most revolutionary thing in the world….because if you have power you use it to meet the needs of you and your community. The more a country produces, the richer it is, the better it should take care of its people and if we can find money to kill people, we can find money to help people.
— Tony Benn, Politician (via thisisgreatbritain)
(via sociolab)