• bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Actually, there’s a huge return on investment with bribes and political influence when you’re a billionaire.

        Citizens united was a death blow.

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          Reaganomics -> Contra -> Bush Sr -> Citizens United -> 9/11 -> Patriot Act -> Middle East wars -> bank bailouts -> Pause for pandemic -> insurrection -> old man Biden sleeps on imprisoning trump -> literal gestapo in the streets.

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        Personally, I prefer sickles and hammers, and at this point I no longer want to compromise with the billionaires.