TruckieJan 21, 2023
Robert Reich

Since the Citizens United ruling in 2010, dark money spending has skyrocketed.

In 2012, outside groups spent over $300 million.

In 2020, outside groups spent over $3 billion.

Our electoral system has been turned into a playground for big corporations & the super rich.

Jan 21, 2023 at 7:56pmWeb
Show threadRichardOntarioJan 21, 2023
@rbreich And every President moans with gnashing of teeth that they’ll eliminate it but it’s still here bigger and badder Your politics is quite a joke isn’t it
Show threadMonsieurPoopyHeadJan 21, 2023

@rbreich

#Oligarchy #citizensunited

Show threadflexghost.Jan 21, 2023
@rbreich citizens United is incredible return on investment for corporations. To our detriment.
Show threadJohnWJan 21, 2023
@flexghost @rbreich It should really be called "Corporate United".
Show threadPhoenicianJan 21, 2023
@rbreich
It’s legalized bribery.
Show threadSane ThinkerJan 21, 2023
@rbreich And the Not So Supreme Court will NEVER overturn this corrupt ruling.
Show threadDonna Dechen BirdwellJan 21, 2023
@rbreich This is what plutocracy looks like.
Show threadPonygirlJan 21, 2023
@rbreich And that's who most of our representatives work for.
Show threadIdo AmirJan 21, 2023

@rbreich Citizens United's ruling that says "money is speech" actually means "the voice of those who have more money is worth more than those who have less".

It literally means the will of the rich is more important than the will of the non-rich.

Taken to the extreme, it means if there was one man who has more money than everyone else in America, this man would, legally, be KING.

Citizens United ENDED AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.

Show threadTJ109Jan 21, 2023
@rbreich It always has been! Back room deals are now in the open( with restrictions) with cover from the courts!
Show threadToddJan 21, 2023
@rbreich America! The most legal corrupt government in the world where anyone can buy a politician.
Show threadDavePerrino ✅Jan 21, 2023
@rbreich #PubliclyFundAllCampaigns - period.
Show threadRickJan 21, 2023

@rbreich "Modern society has created a class of artificial beings who bid fair soon to be the masters of their creator. It is but a very few years since the existence of a corporation controlling a few million dollars was regarded as a subject of grave apprehension, and now this country already contains single organizations which wield a power represented by hundreds of millions. they already are establishing despotisms which no popular effort will be able to shake off..."

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS

Show threadJim GrishamJan 21, 2023
@rbreich Remember Alito shaking his head at the SotU?
Show threadDroopy_McCoolJan 22, 2023
@rbreich In their book “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt”, #ChrisHedges & Saco portray “inverted totalitarianism” as a system where “corporations have corrupted & subverted democracy & where economics bests politics. Every natural resource & living being is commodified & exploited by large corporations to the point of collapse as excess consumerism & sensationalism lull & manipulate the citizenry into surrendering their liberties & their participation in gov’t”. Ring any bells?
Show threadTanziersJan 22, 2023
@rbreich it’s all so corrupt. All and every person/ party-