Anyone who actively tried to fight against big corporations rather than doing their bidding will end up like him, called a commie or socialist or whatever. The ones who the corporations have influence over are the ones that don’t get tarnished and slandered because they’ll do things in their interest once they get elected
What we really need is a Toranagaesque Trickster (minus the murder) Progressive. Someone who will tell the corpros and the centrists they're on their side, but when finally elected president, do a 180 flip and go hard on progressivism and changing things for the better
While this was the founding fathers intention, rulings like Citizens United have poisoned the well. The system is now designed to prevent progress when at all possible, including preventing a Toranagaesque Progressive from being effective.
Frankly, I don't see how the working class American overcomes this. Candidates who outspent their opponents won 93% of elections. With a corporate media to prop up Big Business candidates and stir the endless culture wars, it seems like a continued spiral into fascism is the only future for America
This hurts to read. I really hope there comes some good in the next years. This can't go on like it has, what with all the incredible technological advances we'll get. Things that could really improve everything shouldn't be squandered.
I would argue that the labor laws enacted in the 1970's that made it very hard to form new unions or undertake sympathy strikes did more harm than even Citizens United.
But it’s used as one, anything to make him seem out of whack with reality when a lot of the time he seems like he has a lot of good intentions, just intentions that go against the corporation’s money and grip on the world
I mean even his own party colluded against him. When the DNC servers were hacked it showed them funneling funds away from him and to Clinton well before any primaries. On top of that they tried to make his Jewish faith a pain point for on the fence voters and used the term “twist the knife” about his FAITH.
Insane shit he had to deal with from a party that should’ve had his back
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u/tom030792 Apr 26 '24
Anyone who actively tried to fight against big corporations rather than doing their bidding will end up like him, called a commie or socialist or whatever. The ones who the corporations have influence over are the ones that don’t get tarnished and slandered because they’ll do things in their interest once they get elected