And one other thing I'll mention, because the idea that no one person should be too powerful is definitely true in terms of government leader, a king or a president, but it's also true in terms of anybody else, unfortunately, We have allowed money to turn into power, and the money in our politics has given certain people way too much power in this system. So we need to get money out of politics. Now, In the wake of the Citizens United decision, by that same Supreme Court that I'm worried about basically said, you can't do anything about that because corporations are basically people. (50:51–51:01)
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