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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2020

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Benjamin Fogel

    Tammany Hill bosses understood that the point of politics was to acquire power and use it to reward your supporters.https://twitter.com/BenjaminFogel/status/1329042841276977152 …

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    Obama describes Lula in his new memoir as "having the scruples of a Tammany Hall boss."
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    • Dave Eaton Rasheen Carbin R/L Join DSA 🌹🏳‍🌈 Gregory Wintermode 🐀 Dan: grillpilled mode Roberto Greco Anthony Parisi 🌹 Millennial Dem Voter ☮️
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      1. Tressie McMillan Cottom‏Verified account @tressiemcphd 18 Nov 2020
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        I will never ever ever forget Mary Frances Berry saying basically this to me...during the Obama administration. It was clarifying.

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      2. Tarley A‏ @TarleyUnleashed 18 Nov 2020
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        And to reward, you know, Tammany Hill bosses too

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      3. dis-organ-ized‏ @jameshorrorwitz 18 Nov 2020
        Replying to @TarleyUnleashed @HeerJeet

        who gets rewarded now?

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      1. ArdentNegress‏ @vee3tham 18 Nov 2020
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        Would have fit right in with Boris Johnson’s government.

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      1. El Cid poem liker‏ @EnBuenora 18 Nov 2020
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        also really funny thing--the PT was arguing that it was doing the best it could to survive an inherently corrupt system because the other option were the even more corrupt fascists and, hey, they were 100% correct, and our gov't liked it when they threw the elected leader out

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      1. zenosAnalytic‏ @zenosAnalytic 18 Nov 2020
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        I admit to not knowing much about Lula, but is that really fair? Like he did A LOT to help Brazil while in office, didn't he? Condemning a Brazilian pol for common lvls of patronage seems like condemning fish for being wet.

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      2. so what, big deal‏ @ddrenle 18 Nov 2020
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        if every prominent D would devote an hour and a half to reading Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, we'd all be a lot better off

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      2. Ukraine Stands with Amber 🇺🇦‏ @dumbandawful 18 Nov 2020
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        our govt is unironically at the point where Tammany Hall looks aspirational

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      3. Thom Kaine‏ @thomkaine 18 Nov 2020
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        exactly, at least that patronage system included voters, even if the payoff was a turkey dinner. today's democrat patronage is exclusive to the donor class and exists as an endless jobs program for contracts and staffing positions

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