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.

  • eatCasserole
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    8 days ago

    Corruption is constitutionally protected in the USA.

    Isn’t that a fun sentence?

  • Foni@lemmy.zip
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    When one man, one vote became one dollar, one vote. Capitalism bought democracy.