In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democrac — Matt Taibbi, Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democrac — Matt Taibbi, Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democrac — Matt Taibbi, Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democrac — Matt Taibbi, Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democrac — Matt Taibbi, Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
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In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.

— Matt Taibbi, Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
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