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Jimmy Carter: The U.S. Is an “Oligarchy With Unlimited Political Bribery” (theintercept.com)

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't understand how anyone could've learned about citizens united and thought it wouldn't end this way.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

astronaut-2 astronaut-1 it always was like that even before citizen's united. This just made it more convenient

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I mean obviously it was always happening but this must've made it worse

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

I am from Canada. I still remember my social studies teacher bringing up Citizens United and asking us all what we thought about it. I still think about our naive answers years later lol.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

they knew exactly how it would end, thats why they did it