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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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  • Snorf@reddthat.com
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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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      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.

    • jackpot@lemmy.mlBanned
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      they knew exactly how it would end, thats why they did it

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    Article is from 2015

    • Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Its still true

      • library_napper@monyet.cc
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        Sure but this is a news community. This link is objectively not news

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      That doesn’t make it less true.

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    I love that Jimmy’s still out here as a presidential Yoda dropping knowledge bombs at 99.

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      I mean this is an old article (2015) but up until 7 mo ago when he entered hospice care he was continuing to do good left and right it seems like.

      I feel like he is one of the few politicians that wasn’t a corrupt asshole. We need more like that at all levels of government to walk back all the corruption. Hard to get a critical mass of non corrupt jerks though. The greedy sociopaths are drawn to political office like moths to flame.

      PS: happy bday JC

      https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4233246-jimmy-carter-turns-99-as-tributes-roll-in/

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    Jimmy Carter criticizing the evil system he helped create:

    im-doing-my-part

    • Franzia
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      I must imagine he tried. Its tempting to pretend he’s perfect.

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        It’s tempting to pretend he tried

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    No shit Sherlock. Thanks Citizens United! Legalized bribery and made corporations into legal persons.

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    … He’s still alive?

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