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| | Dr. Buckley's Notes, American Political Culture |
 | | Classic American political science assumed that, in view of the great number of different interest groups, almost everybody is represented directly or indirectly by some lobbyist or another. |
 | | The benign view, associated with many of the Founding Fathers, assumes that ordinary Americans are uneducated, uninformed, mean spirited, self-interested, and thoroughly unfit to govern the society. |
 | | As American diversity grows, so, too, does conflict over "who gets what." No longer is politics reserved for the participation by and benefit of propertied, white males. |
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