The point is, is that when you elect a politician, it has nothing to do with their personality. Politicians perform a function, a role in government. And the role of city government is not one that serves the people, unless the people make them do what the people want.
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I grew up around politics. I organized my first campaign when I was 14, a walk-out in my high school to protest the year-round school schedule.
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I've gotten stopped for reckless eyeballing, for staring too hard. These officers think they're Tarzan and this is a jungle, that all the animals need to be tamed.
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A record is a commodity, but so is a hamburger. Just because I work at McDonald's doesn't mean I reap the benefits of that commodity. That's the reality with most artists in the record industry: They're getting paid a subsistence wage so they can keep producing a commodity for the record label.
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I've never really subscribed to the theory that repression breeds rebellion. I don't think that's really true.
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Art can end up answering questions or asking questions. But when it's not connected to actual movements, it doesn't ask the right questions.
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