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The Right's Secret Plan to Help Billionaires Buy Elections (www.rollingstone.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Gates9@sh.itjust.works to c/usa@midwest.social

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 57 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Secret?

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 5 months ago

My thoughts exactly

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 months ago

They'd prefer if it was actually secret

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 18 points 5 months ago

“I hope we shall take warning from the example and crush in it’s birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and to bid defiance to the laws of their country.” -George Jefferson

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

I would say 99% of our politicians and Supreme Court justices should be tried for treason for their corruption

[–] decapitae@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

Yeah, uh, their hubris paints this plainly. Rise and shine. Up and at'em!

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

thank citizens united for opening the leaky floodgates