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> Why would they prioritize national interests? Because they were elected to do so?

How about because they are human people like you and me. You don't think you are a bad guy who always does things only in your own interest right? So why do you think they are like that?

How about if they really screw people over they know there will be mass protests

etc.

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>How about because they are human people like you and me

Oh, sweet summer child.

>You don't think you are a bad guy who always does things only in your own interest right? So why do you think they are like that?

Because I wasn't promoted and passed all the exams of a system designed to promote sociopaths, party interests, and corporate/financial/M.I.C. interests, nor did I have the sociopathic self-selection to want to get to the highest offices of power.

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Neither was Jeremy Corbyn, but he would have been Prime Minister if enough people had voted for him. Say what you will about him (I am not a fan), but he is not “establishment approved”.

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That's why he "didn't pass all the tests" and was undermined both by the media and by his own parties, and various establishment interests.

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You said:

> because people were only given a couple of establishment approved choices

Unless you think Jeremy Corbyn was establishment approved (!), this is clearly not true.

I’m not really sure what to make of your latest comment. Is your preferred world one where the media never criticize your favored politicians and the left wing of the Labour Party ruthlessly crushes internal dissent? If that’s what it would have taken to make Corbyn Prime Minister, then count me out.