I’m not sure I agree (observing from the outside as a Brit). I feel like Citizens United is the origin of a lot of the problems in modern US politics and that was only 2010.
For those who don’t know it, it’s a landmark legal case that basically allowed a lot more money into politics. When you make winning politically about who can raise the most money you take power out of most poeple and put it in the hands of rich people.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC
Yeah no. I don’t want to say that money and politics hasn’t gotten worse. But our first past the post voting system has been documented as being inappropriate for selecting leadership basically all along
I’m not sure I agree (observing from the outside as a Brit). I feel like Citizens United is the origin of a lot of the problems in modern US politics and that was only 2010.
For those who don’t know it, it’s a landmark legal case that basically allowed a lot more money into politics. When you make winning politically about who can raise the most money you take power out of most poeple and put it in the hands of rich people. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC
Yeah no. I don’t want to say that money and politics hasn’t gotten worse. But our first past the post voting system has been documented as being inappropriate for selecting leadership basically all along
Recorded media, electronic media, is something the founding fathers never had to deal with.