There are people who are genuinely upset in the Tea Party. I understand that. But that movement was … - Al Gore

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Marx saw exploitation in terms of the rewards of human labor, but we can see it in terms of all the values of our society.

Al Gore

There are people who are genuinely upset in the Tea Party. I understand that. But that movement was funded with seed money from right-wing billionaires, the Koch brothers, and promoted on Fox News, and turned into a stocking horse for the right-wing agenda that a lot of people have been trying to push on the country for a long time.

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Civil disobedience has an honourable history, and when the urgency and moral clarity cross a certain threshold, then I think that civil disobedience is quite understandable, and it has a role to play.

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