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In the 2020 presidential election cycle, more than $14bn went to federal candidates, party committees, and Super Pacs – double the $7bn doled out in the 2016 cycle. Total giving in 2024 is bound to be much higher.

That money is not supporting US democracy. If anything, that money is contributing to rising Trumpism and neofascism.

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[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Of fucking course they love the idea of an capitalist exploitation loving authoritarian. Why risk the peasants electing some spoiler bleeding heart that would prefer not to stick it to them every 4 years when you can have stable, dependably hyper cruel leadership that is no longer answerable to anyone?

because that capitalist exploitation loving authoritarian's dick is so small that he was comparing the size of his nuclear button to a 3rd-rate tin pot dictator's. Granted, you did answer it in the first sentence:

Capitalist markets adore stability

And Trump is anything but stable. Are some assholes lining up to fund him? sure. they're voting anybody in who'll push their policies in. (and by voting, I mean bribing the fucking hell out of everyone.)

[-] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

They won't care about climate change until a CAT 6 literally obliterates their supply lines to the third world they exploit.

They won't care about nuclear Armageddon until the bombs are literally dropping.

By stability, I meant market stability, meaning shooty shooty quarterly line goes /.

Capitalists have never and will never give shit 1 about the externalities they cause, because they resent the societies they profit from for taking so much as a dollar from them despite their societal damage. Workers daring to strike after they spent decades changing the laws to hobble unions is of far greater concern to them than nuclear Armageddon, because it's personal. It's a defiance of what they see as their kingdom.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

By stability, I meant market stability, meaning shooty shooty quarterly line goes /.

seems like nuclear war would put a kink in those supply lines, huh? not all of them think that far ahead, or that concerned about it. but there's a reason there's other bullionaires supporting democrats. while the republicans are objectively worse... if you thought the democrats were on your side... they're not. when you have that much money, politics isn't about demcorat or republican; and trump is a danger to many as much as others see him as a boon.

[-] spaceghoti@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

And Trump is anything but stable. Are some assholes lining up to fund him? sure. they're voting anybody in who'll push their policies in. (and by voting, I mean bribing the fucking hell out of everyone.)

Because they're confident that they're isolated from the chaos their policies will bring thanks to their walled communities and private armies. Feudalism 2.0. If the king creates too much chaos and disrupts their income, they'll assassinate him and install a new one.

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