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David Simon on America as a Horror Show
Season 3
Episode 4
David Simon, creator of the TV series ‘The Wire,’ talks with Bill about America’s capitalism crisis. It’s a reality check from a journalist who uses TV drama to report on America from the bottom up. "The horror show is we are going to be slaves to profit. Some of us are going to be higher on the pyramid and we'll count ourselves lucky and many more will be marginalized and destroyed."
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The corrupting influence of money in politics and what's being done about it.
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Two experts on American elections on the plot to keep citizens away from the ballot box.
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