“Politicians are always realistically maneuvering for the next election. They are obsolete as fundamental problem-solvers.”

—  Buckminster Fuller

As quoted in Synergetics Dictionary : The Mind of Buckminster Fuller (1986) by E. J. Applewhite
From 1980s onwards

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