"The reason we don't have effective protections for climate change (or functional gun control, or universal health care, or cheap broadband) is because the U.S.

[joriki@infosec.exchange]

"The reason we don't have effective protections for climate change (or functional gun control, or universal health care, or cheap broadband) is because the U.S. Congress is often too corrupt to function. Monied interests have polluted state and federal legislatures to the point they no longer serve the public interest.

This isn't some errant opinion, it's a documentable, provable fact. Yet you'll notice that for the New York Times, the idea that the structural and ethical integrity of the U.S. government has been wholly compromised by the extraction class simply plays absolutely no useful contextual role in the story."

#corruption #usa #economics #healthcare #housing #climatecrisis #guns

The U.S. Press Loves To Pretend Widespread Corruption Doesn't Exist
https://karlbode.com/the-u-s-press-loves-to-pretend-widespread-corruption-doesnt-exist/