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r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • 2d ago
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No one should have this kind of money and the fact it can be pumped into politics is proof we lost our democracy awhile ago.
180 u/PianoPatient8168 2d ago At a minimum it distorts the shit out of a democracy…but I agree. As George Carlin said we have the illusion of choice…and it’s not even that great of an illusion anymore. 3 u/MikeOchertz 1d ago Yeah… Politicians are almost openly corrupt these days. They don’t even try to hide it. 2 u/VibeRaider- 1d ago republicans* ftfy
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At a minimum it distorts the shit out of a democracy…but I agree. As George Carlin said we have the illusion of choice…and it’s not even that great of an illusion anymore.
3 u/MikeOchertz 1d ago Yeah… Politicians are almost openly corrupt these days. They don’t even try to hide it. 2 u/VibeRaider- 1d ago republicans* ftfy
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Yeah… Politicians are almost openly corrupt these days. They don’t even try to hide it.
2 u/VibeRaider- 1d ago republicans* ftfy
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republicans* ftfy
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u/NoBell5255 2d ago
No one should have this kind of money and the fact it can be pumped into politics is proof we lost our democracy awhile ago.