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June 23, 2021
The George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag
June 20, 2021
College & Electric Youth - A Real Hero
June 20, 2021
The Midnight - Los Angeles
June 19, 2021
Talk Talk - It's My Life (US Mix)
June 19, 2021
Simply Red - Holding Back The Years (Symphonica In Rosso)
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June 18, 2021
The Cranberries - Zombie
June 18, 2021
U2 -Sunday Bloody Sunday
June 17, 2021
Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government by Christopher H. Achen a
I have not read this, but just reading what others have quoted from the book it sounds like what is happening in democracies around the world.
‘folk’ version of democracy that presumes that voting is undertaken by the ‘omnipotent, sovereign citizen’. Instead, they argue that voters tend to base their decision-making on partisan loyalties, leaving the current democratic system open to exploitation by powerful, unscrupulous actors.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2017/01/30/book-review-democracy-for-realists-why-elections-do-not-produce-responsive-government-by-christopher-h-achen-and-larry-m-bartels/?platform=hootsuite
June 17, 2021
Shadowy Men on A Shadowy Planet - Having an Average Weekend
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