Capitalism without regulation and strong support of labor leads to oligarchy and once Citizens United came down it began to give the oligarchs the ability to dismantle the foundations of actual functioning democracy while leaving the facade intact. There is no benign way to interpret Citizens United, there wasn't before the ruling and what has happened to our country in the years since has only demonstrated this. Eventually they won't have to keep the facade in place. For many residents they've stopped pretending already. Just look at the amount of wage theft large corporations commit and the stagnant wages as well as how much they spend lobbying "our" representatives to roll back worker protections, and deregulate and understaff the agencies designed to protect our schools, health, environment and social safety nets. They want us ignorant and powerless so they can extract every resource and sell it to the highest bidder.
I have believed for decades that the country is an oligarchy and democracy is the cover that hides it.
In my mind it's something like this:
Capitalism without regulation and strong support of labor leads to oligarchy and once Citizens United came down it began to give the oligarchs the ability to dismantle the foundations of actual functioning democracy while leaving the facade intact. There is no benign way to interpret Citizens United, there wasn't before the ruling and what has happened to our country in the years since has only demonstrated this. Eventually they won't have to keep the facade in place. For many residents they've stopped pretending already. Just look at the amount of wage theft large corporations commit and the stagnant wages as well as how much they spend lobbying "our" representatives to roll back worker protections, and deregulate and understaff the agencies designed to protect our schools, health, environment and social safety nets. They want us ignorant and powerless so they can extract every resource and sell it to the highest bidder.
Perfect, Rachel!
Matt Gaetz said he like to "rip the bandaid off" but he meant something else!
Lol