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AP English Language: Charlie And The Political Factory 4 Views


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The author uses the phrase "political factory" (line 33) in order to


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Ok next up the author uses the phrase political factory

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online Thirty three there in order Teo do what Let's

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go to thirty three at the municipal level This was

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the era of the political factory our community level factory

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What does that mean Well think about it Factories make

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things you know like has meant cleanup toys and they

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make them in predictable uniform ways That's the whole point

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right Therefore a political factory especially one that's dominated by

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powerful organizations that exchange jobs and contracts for political loyalty

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would be one where the outcome is pretty much guaranteed

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Well the author doesn't mention how industrialization plays into the

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political corruption so get rid of a nor did she

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mention what careers most of the politicians were coming from

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So get rid of b or the diversity of political

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parties like where that come from you get rid of

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the term here is being used figuratively So politics weren't

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necessarily happening inside of the factories So get rid of

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d right Answer Here is c fly that political races

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were predictable and uniforms

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