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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

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

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

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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According to the former president, Americans are now experiencing "a complete subversion of our political system as a payoff to major contributors."
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    I don’t understand how anyone could’ve learned about citizens united and thought it wouldn’t end this way.

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

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

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      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.

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

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