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It shows that they, if possessed of the power, would wield it more despotically than it is now wielded by those possessing it.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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Editor's note · Context
Woodhull argues that laborers, if given power, might govern more despotically than the current wealthy class.
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Why do they advocate any general government at all?
With its destruction the lives of two great political parties passed away, and left the people with no distinct lines of demarkation.
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