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Old 05-06-2008, 09:48 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Vortex View Post
That's an ambiguous answer. In order for the people to mobilise and use their collective force, they have to subscribe to some political philosophy, thus inevitably producing political spokesmen to represent them.
They do? Only if you accept collectivist ideologies. I would provide plenty of examples where this is not the case (such as boycotts, trade unions, etc) - but you conveniently changed the wording from 'politicians' to 'political spokesmen'.
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