How to explain modern American politics in one chart
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How to explain modern American politics in one chart
@jalefkowit The Epstein ruling class wanted this.
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How to explain modern American politics in one chart
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The law, in its majestic equality, permits the rich and poor alike to bribe politicians. -
@KeithWM The percentage is of the total volume of dollars contributed, not the number of contributors.
https://americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaires-buying-elections-theyve-come-to-collect/
The wealthy are also laying fields of landmines to torpedo democracy for decades to come.
Dead billionaires can buy elections long after they pass away, thanks to their think tanks, tax havens, & trust funds.
Corporate personhood violates one person, one vote democracy.
Bradley passed away in 1965. His money is close to buying the overturn of the Voting Rights Act and disenfranchising women.
2010 is when a corrupt Supreme Court turned on democracy.
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The wealthy are also laying fields of landmines to torpedo democracy for decades to come.
Dead billionaires can buy elections long after they pass away, thanks to their think tanks, tax havens, & trust funds.
Corporate personhood violates one person, one vote democracy.
Bradley passed away in 1965. His money is close to buying the overturn of the Voting Rights Act and disenfranchising women.
2010 is when a corrupt Supreme Court turned on democracy.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/climate/epa-human-life-value.html
https://theintercept.com/2022/06/30/supreme-court-epa-climate-charles-koch/
The entire planet is at risk of ecocide just from a tiny number of billionaires buying Supreme Court Justices.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained
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How to explain modern American politics in one chart
@jalefkowit yeeeeeeeep. Every billionaire anywhere is a crime against humanity.
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How to explain modern American politics in one chart
@jalefkowit "they know that [Trump's] vindictive, unlawful tactics will never touch their lives"
That sounds a tad optimistic. How long before the US oligarchy starts getting nervous around open windows?
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How to explain modern American politics in one chart
@jalefkowit it’s the Epstein Class…
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@jalefkowit The Epstein ruling class wanted this.
@Sage7225 @jalefkowit precisely.
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@jalefkowit "they know that [Trump's] vindictive, unlawful tactics will never touch their lives"
That sounds a tad optimistic. How long before the US oligarchy starts getting nervous around open windows?
@jtonline Not soon enough.
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The wealthy are also laying fields of landmines to torpedo democracy for decades to come.
Dead billionaires can buy elections long after they pass away, thanks to their think tanks, tax havens, & trust funds.
Corporate personhood violates one person, one vote democracy.
Bradley passed away in 1965. His money is close to buying the overturn of the Voting Rights Act and disenfranchising women.
2010 is when a corrupt Supreme Court turned on democracy.
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@Npars01 @jalefkowit @KeithWM Gonna argue that it happened in 2000 when Sandra Day decided Shrub should be president so a democrat wouldn't pick her replacement.
But yeah...
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The wealthy are also laying fields of landmines to torpedo democracy for decades to come.
Dead billionaires can buy elections long after they pass away, thanks to their think tanks, tax havens, & trust funds.
Corporate personhood violates one person, one vote democracy.
Bradley passed away in 1965. His money is close to buying the overturn of the Voting Rights Act and disenfranchising women.
2010 is when a corrupt Supreme Court turned on democracy.
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@Npars01 Toxic patriarchy with loads of toxic money. They always come together. @jalefkowit @KeithWM
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How to explain modern American politics in one chart
@jalefkowit Take away that court ruling, and despite the propaganda and the pre-existing misogyny and racism, and today's fascist America probably doesn't exist.
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