technocritFeb 4

Fifty Years Ago, the Supreme Court Said Money Is Speech

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/63087166

Fifty Years Ago, the Supreme Court Said Money Is Speech - Divisions by zero

>Last week was the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision enshrining the idea that money in politics is not corruption, but constitutionally protected speech. States and cities across the US are battling the rotten legacy of that decision.

Show threadlemmylumpFeb 4

This and Citizens United gave the rich and Russia all they needed to destroy democracy.

Fuck now we got trump crypto openly taking money as corrupt as possible from countries all over the world, especially Saudi Arabi.

Show threadbearboiblakeFeb 5
Come on, this is all homegrown fascism. Sure, it benefits Russia, because the US being alienated from her allies is obviously beneficial to Russia, but Trump is corrupted mainly by American fascist interests, in my opinion.
Show threadvaultdweller013Feb 5
While a lot of the fuel was present the Ruskies most certainly added to it and helped ignite the current fire. Otherwise it’d probably still look like the 1990s militia movement.
Show threadbearboiblakeFeb 5
There’s no denying that Russia has done a lot to foment far-right sentiment, but the idea that the US couldn’t or wouldn’t destroy democracy without Russian interference is ridiculous
Show threadvaultdweller013
Nor am I saying that it wouldn’t happen, but I’d argue the case that they are instrumental in its acceleration and current form. Don’t get me wrong it is almost inevitable that US democracy will end be it with the dissolving of the Union or dictatorship probably followed by the former, but it happening as it has almost requires Russia and honestly 9/11 Bush did a fucken number on the system.
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Show threadbearboiblakeFeb 5
Russia didn’t stir up anything that wasn’t already there, but they definitely stirred. The post 9/11 rush into authoritarianisn is far, far more instrumental, and 9/11 was a very predictable outcome of post-WW2 US foreign policy