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Capitalism Can Be Alright, I Mean Karl Marx Didn't Live To See What Roosevelt Did With That Depression. He Pulled Everybody Out Of That Depression And Everybody Hated Franklin Roosevelt. He Got Into Office Four Times. One After The Other, With Everybody Saying, He Can't Get In Again. Everybody Voted For Roosevelt Four Times And He Did A Hell Of A Lot.

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Capitalism Can Be Alright,

David Bowie

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Capitalism Can Be Alright, I Mean Karl Marx Didn't Live To See What Roosevelt Did With That Depression. He Pulled Everybody Out Of That Depression And Everybody Hated Franklin Roosevelt. He Got Into Office Four Times. One After The Other, With Everybody Saying, He Can't Get In Again. Everybody Voted For Roosevelt Four Times And He Did A Hell Of A Lot.

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