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George MonbiotA billionaire can get what they want with one donation to a political party. The rest of us must fight for years to get even the most basic rights recognised. Money destroys democracy, more than any other cause. The first step towards a better world is to stop the rich buying political outcomes.
Gert V 🇵🇸@georgemonbiot.bsky.social The Biden president didn't think so, even though he pretended to be a Democrat.
Nicole ParsonsNonsense.
Biden did a lot towards eroding Trump's fossil fuel funded fascism. It's why billionaires freaked out & funded MAGA.
Biden was thwarted by corrupt Senators like McConnell, Manchin & Sinema.
Tax treaties
https://fortune.com/2026/01/05/global-corporate-minimum-tax-15-percent-trump-bessent-yellen-oecd/
Green energy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/climate/schumer-democrats-clean-energy.html
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/29/trump-coal-country
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/25/politics/kristen-clarke-biden-civil-rights-lawyer-naacp
AnneTheWriterOkay. But we still need to overturn #CitizensUnited and take away the ABILITY for billionaires to donate large amounts in the first place.
That needs to be the primary goal. And I don't think most politicians-- in either party, including #EstablishmentDemocrats -- will ever be willing to do so.
Backing politicians because they push back a bit against #IncomeDisparity is fine; but by itself, it is merely a small temporary victory, and is doomed to be a neverending uphill battle.
#OverturnCitizensUnited #Oligarchy #Technogarchy #Democrats #Progressives #ProgressiveDemocrats #WealthGap #Billionaires #BillionaireTax #TaxTheRich
@AnneTheWriter1 @gert @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Citizens United - top priority
It's weird though. Americans seem unbothered by the fact that foreign billionaires are buying their elections
Petr Aven, Vadim Moshkovich, & Alwaleed bin Talal gave Elon Musk the money to meddle in US elections
Putin has openly said he spent $300 million to buy Brexit & get Trump elected
Billions are being funneled into GOP coffers from straw donors hidden in PAC's, DAF's, corporations, hedge funds
HakeemG@AnneTheWriter1 @Npars01 @gert @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
You don't think establishment Democrats will vote to overturn Citizens United based upon what evidence? Let's be clear about who has failed this country based upon the evidence.
A full 12% of Bernie Sanders supporters voted for Trump, without them, Hillary would have become president and appointed three non corrupt Supreme Court justices. I would argue there is much more evidence the Bernie crowd is the issue.
@gert @AnneTheWriter1 @Npars01 @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Less evil than who, Bernie? Yes.
Hillary had a long history of voting for things that helped the poor and marginalized people of America. Going all the way back to her days as first lady when she championed health insurance for poor kids.
Neil E. Hodges@georgemonbiot.bsky.social The next step is to prevent rich people from being politicians. >:(
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Quasit@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Correction: the first step towards a better world is to END the rich and all politicians.
Violently.
Weltzeitgeist@Quasit @georgemonbiot.bsky.social I wish there was a better solution but there isn't. We've reached this point and it isn't our fault.
JamesBont@Quasit @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
So etwas darfst Du denken, auch einmal betonen aber nicht zu auffordern.
Ich kann es irgendwo verstehen, weil solche Subjekte die letzten wären welche es mit anderen nicht täten und auch schon getan haben aber hinterher auf einmal von nichts mehr wussten und hier letzteres bei 70.jährigen wohl auch im Kopf so hängen geblieben ist ...
Erst einmal 11.04.2026 #PrüFrühling
Embrace Civil Disobedience@Quasit @georgemonbiot.bsky.social It wouldn't take more than one or two demonstrations.
@PattyHanson @georgemonbiot.bsky.social True. Or a good, prolonged general strike. Of course the ruling class would no doubt try to roll out the tanks and kill some of us to scare the others. But the problem with violence is that they don't have enough soldiers and thugs to stand next to enough of US with guns at our jobs to keep the economy going!
gmoke@georgemonbiot.bsky.social According to Democracy in America? by Page & Gilens in USAmerica, policies with over 90% public approval get enacted maybe 60% of the time, even policies supported by Big Money. Based upon a 20 year study of nearly 2000 policy proposals.
Of course, that changed with Trmp. For Big Money.
Barry C@georgemonbiot.bsky.social 👍👍#WiseWords 👍👍
leftofcentre@georgemonbiot.bsky.social thats just called capitalism..
Pacman@georgemonbiot.bsky.social There are at least three kinds of -ocracy.
Democracy
Plutocracy
Lobbyocracy
The latter two have been allowed to take the upper hand.
Democracy
Plutocracy
Lobbyocracy
The latter two have been allowed to take the upper hand.
Steve Lindsay@georgemonbiot.bsky.social So need tax laws and enforcement that put limits on wealth.
Nuwagaba Gift@Steve_Lindsay
That may not be effective as the rich still find ways of avoiding taxes and instead shift tge tax burden to the working class. Don't you have a progressive taxation system in your country?
That may not be effective as the rich still find ways of avoiding taxes and instead shift tge tax burden to the working class. Don't you have a progressive taxation system in your country?
j5v@georgemonbiot.bsky.social This is what I want journalists to find out: traceability for political decisions that seem absurd. Lobbying is legal, evidently, but should it be, beyond petitions to Parliament?
The situation reeks of conflicts of interest and legitimised corruption.
Amish Cyborg@georgemonbiot.bsky.social start with the proper use of language, and calling things by their real names. It's not a "donation", it's bribe. It's not "lobbying", it's corruption. And then start applying laws accordingly, by putting those involved in bribery and corruption in prison.
Herefordrob
𐁂𐀑𐀐𐁐@georgemonbiot.bsky.social We kickstarter a campaign to bribe a critical mass of politicians to illegalize bribery again!
Antonio Patriarca@georgemonbiot.bsky.social Many countries have laws to prevent these kinds of bribes from politicians. Things like limits to donations amount, and ban from foreign or corporate donations. The rich will still try other methods for bribing but at that point they become for the most part illegal. But IMHO the consequences for the people doing the bribes should be much greater.
RufflySpawned@georgemonbiot.bsky.social agree but there's also a social responsibility of the electorate to actually care what they are voting for. None of recent scandals comes as a surprise to a person who gives a damn.
EdwardCam285@georgemonbiot.bsky.social Amen to that.
Tristram Brelstaff@georgemonbiot.bsky.social Billionaires monopolize power in the same way that monopolies monopolize markets. And they should be regulated in a similar way. What we need is capitailsm in the small and medium scale but communism in the large.