epicthundercat@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 day agoPeter Thiel makes his biggest donation in years to help defeat California’s billionaire wealth taxfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1375arrow-down10
arrow-up1375arrow-down1external-linkPeter Thiel makes his biggest donation in years to help defeat California’s billionaire wealth taxfortune.comepicthundercat@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square42linkfedilink
minus-squarebear@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up49·20 hours agoActually, there’s a huge return on investment with bribes and political influence when you’re a billionaire. Citizens united was a death blow.
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 hours agoExactly. If they can bribe millions, they know they stand to make billions in returns.
minus-squarefoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·18 hours agoReaganomics -> Contra -> Bush Sr -> Citizens United -> 9/11 -> Patriot Act -> Middle East wars -> bank bailouts -> Pause for pandemic -> insurrection -> old man Biden sleeps on imprisoning trump -> literal gestapo in the streets.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 hours agoCitizen’s United was in 2010. But other than that, yeah it’s been a long, slow fade…
Would be cheaper…
Actually, there’s a huge return on investment with bribes and political influence when you’re a billionaire.
Citizens united was a death blow.
Exactly. If they can bribe millions, they know they stand to make billions in returns.
Reaganomics -> Contra -> Bush Sr -> Citizens United -> 9/11 -> Patriot Act -> Middle East wars -> bank bailouts -> Pause for pandemic -> insurrection -> old man Biden sleeps on imprisoning trump -> literal gestapo in the streets.
Citizen’s United was in 2010.
But other than that, yeah it’s been a long, slow fade…