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Turns out America elected Elon Musk, too
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The only change is that Liberals are apparently becoming aware of the power dynamic that has always existed — that democracy cannot exist with massive wealthy inequality and money equal to speech. I'm also positive that if Trump/MAGA fails to implement fascism (this time around), Liberals will believe the current system works, and completely ignore the reality that their system was almost destroyed by a small number of wealthy sociopaths.
Yeah it's a bullshit take. There's always been a bunch of money up every presidents ass. It's just public. Very very public now.
Reminds me of when I was a kid, my mom always said she still supported Clinton because "All he did was what every other man in power did, he just got caught."
You'd think they'd get the memo after several decades of "corporations get most of what they want, without objection" while "the people can't even get basic healthcare or a minimum wage comparable to poorer countries", yet here we are... Fascism is knocking down the door, financed by the wealthiest capitalism can muster, and they still have their heads firmly planted in the dirt, blaming the left for not voting, without evidence ... when the millions of people who didn't vote may very well be just as oblivious as Trump voters, don't know how the government works, don't know the danger they're in, and don't pay enough attention to care 99% of the time.
I'd be curious to know what the people downvoting this don't agree with?
For one thing, the Netherlands has nearly the lowest wealth inequality in the world, yet it is a democracy.
I think you misunderstood.
Is supposed to be the affirmative statement afaict.
The Netherlands having low wealth inequality and not equating money with speech (or giving corporations all the rights of people but none of the responsibilities and restrictions) makes it much MORE democratic than it would otherwise be.