p. 91
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Modern democracies have been around long enough for neoliberal capitalists to learn how to subvert them. They have mastered the technique of infiltrating the instruments of democracy—the 'independent' judiciary, the 'free' press, the parliament—and moulding them to their purpose.
— Arundhati Roy
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Modern democracies have been around long enough for neoliberal capitalists to learn how to subvert them. They have mastered the technique of infiltrating the instruments of democracy—the 'independent' judiciary, the 'free' press, the parliament—and moulding them to their purpose." in the context of "p. 91" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Arundhati Roy" (Quotes, An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire (2005))
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