Hawaii just made history, becoming the first state in the nation to effectively ban dark money in elections. The new law takes a novel approach: rather than ...
In other words, the entire world. Including the United States, which is part of the Americas, and whose democracy is perfectly healthy and completely uncorrupted by any effects of capitalism. /s
The problems with money (capital) in American politics started long before Trump. Even before Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission opened the doors to unlimited corporate spending in 2010, money was a stronger predictor of election outcomes than early polling and campaign finance laws had been eroding at least as far back as 1976.
Just beacause the person with the most votes is in office doesn’t mean that everything is “just fine” - the process of how candidates are chosen, access to voters, media spin of their campaigns, districting, polling place access, polling station access (hours, location, laws around time off work to vote), early voting and mail-in rules - all affect the eventual outcome and all are completely broken in the US.
Is it still a democracy? Technically yes. But it’s on life support, and it’s the billionaires and major corporate donors that will decide whether and when to pull the plug.
The more capitalism is limited, the better it is to live in those places. Unless of course the country is owned or populated by oligarchs, because their slaves probably don’t tip the scales on the data that gets published.
Is it though? Is it fine for the majority of people in the world that there are a few countries that extract wealth from elsewhere so that their citizens can have a better life?
Although it’s wishful thinking to suggest they won’t go back to that to get what they want.
Let’s hope that the oligarchs that own the news we watch, the newspapers we read, and the streaming service we consume, stay kind and don’t start using those platforms for spreading propaganda! Man I’d be so upset if it turns out that all this time I’ve been watching and reading propaganda and taking it as fact and basing my opinions on it.
Genuinely wild that democracy is propped up by private industry to ensure their own interests. Its farcical.
It’s almost like capitalism is inherently incompatible with democracy.
except all those democracies where its completely fine.
Such as?
Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, the Americas
In other words, the entire world. Including the United States, which is part of the Americas, and whose democracy is perfectly healthy and completely uncorrupted by any effects of capitalism. /s
The problems with money (capital) in American politics started long before Trump. Even before Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission opened the doors to unlimited corporate spending in 2010, money was a stronger predictor of election outcomes than early polling and campaign finance laws had been eroding at least as far back as 1976.
Just beacause the person with the most votes is in office doesn’t mean that everything is “just fine” - the process of how candidates are chosen, access to voters, media spin of their campaigns, districting, polling place access, polling station access (hours, location, laws around time off work to vote), early voting and mail-in rules - all affect the eventual outcome and all are completely broken in the US.
Is it still a democracy? Technically yes. But it’s on life support, and it’s the billionaires and major corporate donors that will decide whether and when to pull the plug.
You can hate Trump all you want and I do but he is democratically elected and we’ll have to wait until 2028 to see if that changes.
The more capitalism is limited, the better it is to live in those places. Unless of course the country is owned or populated by oligarchs, because their slaves probably don’t tip the scales on the data that gets published.
Is it though? Is it fine for the majority of people in the world that there are a few countries that extract wealth from elsewhere so that their citizens can have a better life?
It’s certainly cheaper to bribe a handful of representatives than it is to bombard the entire population with propaganda.
Although it’s wishful thinking to suggest they won’t go back to that to get what they want.
Let’s hope that the oligarchs that own the news we watch, the newspapers we read, and the streaming service we consume, stay kind and don’t start using those platforms for spreading propaganda! Man I’d be so upset if it turns out that all this time I’ve been watching and reading propaganda and taking it as fact and basing my opinions on it.
With “AI” and all these new mega scale data centers popping up, they’ll be able to do both at the same time for half the price!