Last week was the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision enshrining the idea that money in politics is not corruption, but constitutionally protected speech. States and cities across the US are battling the rotten legacy of that decision.

  • Doomsider@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    The idea that the US ever had a real democracy in the first place is pretty suspect. The way the Senate was designed to prevent the people from coming for the rights or property of the wealthy is very telling. They basically knew it was a lie from the start and designed fail-safes to prevent their cronies from losing power.

    • bearboiblake@pawb.social
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      2 hours ago

      100%. The American Revolution was a war waged by the rich against the mega rich, and they got poor people to die for it.