Fuck Citizens United.
this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2024
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"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
I'm probably butchering this one, but: "The law is equal as it is illegal for both a poor man and a rich man to sleep under a bridge."
Their votes are worth more than yours.
Their "free speech" is more powerful because it is neither free nor speech but receives those very protections because of a fucking corrupt right wing SCOTUS decision
Imaging putting all that money into something useful like against the climate crisis.
This is functionally spending money on the climate crisis, on the side of the crisis.
Oil Industry to Trump: We'll give you a billion dollars if you fuck up the planet even more when you're in office
Trump: Yea
Source: Literally every news organization in the US
Source: Trump himself, when he constantly repeats "Drill, baby, drill."
He unironically asked them to pay him. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/climate/trump-oil-gas-mar-a-lago.html
Imagine the return on investment.
a sustainable planet on which you can continue to exploit the workforce and customers, a capitalistic dream!
United States of Aristocracy.
Eat the rich.
This seems fair.
/s
Kinda puts my $25 into perspective.
Yes and no. Before Howard Dean, people thought their $25 was important for them but otherwise didn't do much. He showed that enough $25 is the same as huge donations. We really hadn't seen crowdfunding in politics before that.
Which is why President Dean beat GWB.
Can donating to campaigns be considered gambling?
I know it's a stretch, but if that could be argued, then there may be a possible lawsuit to be brought to court about funding campaigns across state lines.