@rbreich

On one hand, I think we've already lost.
On the other hand, we've weathered this before, transitioning from the Gilded Age to the Trustbusting Era.
On the third hand...wait...where did I put that third hand?

@rbreich

Very much so. But I still imagine improvements...

For example, what if the judicial system had less politics in it? How about changing the Supreme Court so that nonpartisan Justices are at least slightly more powerful than partisans?

Funny historical joke time: Used to be that all the Justices were nonpartisan. RBG was the last one while Thomas is the leading example of a partisan Justice. Dare I say fake Justice?

Honest justice is blind, not partisan. It matters. A lot.

@rbreich
As long as we have political parties, "BIG MONEY" will have more influence than it deserves.

It's time for a new way.

#tiereddemocraticgovernance

@rbreich Yes, there is no decrease in military spending, but there is an increase in payback political campaign donations.

Say, let's not be fooled.

@rbreich

And when you distill it all down to one word, you get:

GREED

@rbreich

#DumpCitizensUnited

@rbreich

It’s the root of all evil in Washington too.

@rbreich

You mean it's the root of all evil in the world.

Money is evil, and was created by the higher class in order to concrete their status as an upper class "member". The one who controls the money, controls the world.

@rbreich

That is how capitalism works.

1) Money congregates to ever less people.
2) Rich people use their power (money) to buy media, economy, politics.
3) They push for policies/spread lies that make them even richer.
4.) They use the new money to oust competition and gather more money (power).

It's not even a question of the underlying political system since you see the same developments in autocracies.

Funnily Marx's idea seemed to be to let this spiral to continue to its extreme and then simply disown the few remaining rich capitalists for the sake of also benefitting from the advancements of capitalistic societies. Another fact why countries like China or USSR have never been real communist states.

But yeah, unless the world abolishes capitalism and replaces it with a nature-friendly, socially equal system, this civilization won't last that much longer.

@rbreich

The US politics cycle of doom. My I suggest a bit complicated, but excellent documentary explaining it all.

https://youtu.be/thLgkQBFTPw