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From Super PACs pouring secret money into our election system, to companies buying better ratings from Standard \u0026amp; Poors, or the extreme influence of lobbyists in congress, all are embody a new corruption and remain unaccountable to our society's supposed watchdogs, which sit idly alongside the same groups that have brought the government, business and much of the military in to their pocket.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50398723047697,"sku":"CIN1681772639G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1681772639.jpg?v=1750800274"},{"product_id":"unplanned-society-book-janine-wedel-9780231073721","title":"The Unplanned Society","description":"Success always leaves behind a residue of yearning for what used to be and an aversion to the forces that did away with it. -Kazimierz Wyka, 1945  In 1945, after the devastation of World War Two and German occupation of Poland, prominent literary critic Kazimierz Wyka foretold and warned of the results of society repressed by impersonal government and excluded from economic decisions. 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