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But there were SO MANY dealbreakers before we even got to that point (lemmy.world)
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[–] 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child)

If you pour enough money/resources into anyone, you can get them to win an election. Trump was just the easiest one to pour money into: he's easily swayed, even more easily bought, and has a certain... shudders charisma (?) that makes him more electable than a rando mild conservative.

What you're witnessing here is just capitalism. People with a lot of money and power wanted to gain even more money and power. Trump a convenient vehicle for that. So they poured money into his campaign and he won.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    It's a good reason to consider sortition, or a system that distributes power so that it's super diffuse.

    An example would be abolition of SCOTUS: Instead we create a special court for each individual case, pulling nine judges at random from the Appeals districts. That way, no Supreme Court justice can be owned the way Thomas and Alito are -- or one can, but they're not likely to get on all the cases a billionaire deems important.

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