This is antithetical to any meaningful form of democracy (even the pretend kind which the United States has largely embraced). The unabated concentration of wealth, especially post "Citizens United" -another decision in which Alito and Thomas were delighted to do the bidding of their wealthy benefactors, means that money can effectively …
This is antithetical to any meaningful form of democracy (even the pretend kind which the United States has largely embraced). The unabated concentration of wealth, especially post "Citizens United" -another decision in which Alito and Thomas were delighted to do the bidding of their wealthy benefactors, means that money can effectively drown the thought of "one person, one vote". When someone, for example, like Phil Knight can drop millions of dollars in an attempt to flip Oregon to the GOP, SCOTUS is effectively saying not everyone is created equal. When the remaining Koch, Robert Mercer, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, or Larry Ellison can take the wealth they've amassed and drop millions into a Senate, House, or Presidential race -it effectively takes massive people organizing efforts to even have a chance to displace someone like a Mitch McConnell, Scott Perry, or other electeds that are happy to do the bidding of the obscenely wealthy.
It extinguishes any thought of democracy, pretend or otherwise. The only difference in subverting government to protect the extreme concentration of wealth in this case is that no bullets are fired. Other than that, make no mistake -it is a violent takeover of U.S. Government and the subversion (and perversion) of the American experiment.
This is antithetical to any meaningful form of democracy (even the pretend kind which the United States has largely embraced). The unabated concentration of wealth, especially post "Citizens United" -another decision in which Alito and Thomas were delighted to do the bidding of their wealthy benefactors, means that money can effectively drown the thought of "one person, one vote". When someone, for example, like Phil Knight can drop millions of dollars in an attempt to flip Oregon to the GOP, SCOTUS is effectively saying not everyone is created equal. When the remaining Koch, Robert Mercer, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, or Larry Ellison can take the wealth they've amassed and drop millions into a Senate, House, or Presidential race -it effectively takes massive people organizing efforts to even have a chance to displace someone like a Mitch McConnell, Scott Perry, or other electeds that are happy to do the bidding of the obscenely wealthy.
It extinguishes any thought of democracy, pretend or otherwise. The only difference in subverting government to protect the extreme concentration of wealth in this case is that no bullets are fired. Other than that, make no mistake -it is a violent takeover of U.S. Government and the subversion (and perversion) of the American experiment.
No question.