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Some people are losing faith in the democratic process but that’s largely because they’ve been fed lies by people like Farage and Johnson who’ve promised them things that cannot be delivered





People these days tend to simply vote against the status quo. Remember "zero seats"? And that's exactly how Trump got elected in the first place -- and then re-elected after a four-year interregnum.

But scratch the surface and all mainstream political parties only offer a continuation or intensification of the status quo.


What are ‘zero seats’?

I’m in the UK so don’t understand the context




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