Robert ReichApr 10, 2023

We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.

—Louis Brandeis

Show threadcowvinApr 10, 2023
@rbreich Citizens United needs to be overturned. If money is speech, then the wealthy will have more power of speech to influence elections than everyone else.
Show threadYozoo
@cowvin @rbreich Thai is exactly why the court made that ruling. Your ability to influence scociety should be proportional to your wealth, that’s the idea.
Apr 10, 2023 at 2:08pmWeb
Show threadcowvinApr 10, 2023
@Yozoo @rbreich if you believe that's the way it "should" be, then why not just auction public office to the highest bidder?