The Financial Times has an expensive paywall. British people usually read free newspapers.

However, this story is so important that the Financial Times decided to drop the paywall.

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[–] 97 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I swear nobody on this site knows what YSK is for.

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    [–] 44 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    The fact that we all casually talk about how big money is almost a requirement to get into, run, manage, and maintain politics ... goes to show you how democratic the system is.

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  • [–] 18 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    The fact that corporations are the dominate social structure is undisputable. Everything, including notions of democracy, is secondary to this. Whenever there is a conflict between wealth and the general populace the government will always side with money due to corruption.

    This is pretty universal across all nations. There is not a democracy that does not suffer from this problem. At this point it really does feel that democracy in most forms is just a window dressing for corportocracy.

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  • [+] 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Oh don't get me wrong. Even though I live in a fascist nation my life is not bad. I just bought a house, I have a stable job. I have a big family I get to hang out with everyday.

    I have a job for the first time in thirty years I can afford to insure my family with. A lot of my contemporaries are not so lucky though.

    I think it is good just to point it out. It helps to keep me thinking straight and not feel gaslight by my government when it makes policy decisions to benefit the wealthy.

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  • [+] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)
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    I read a study somewhere that says wealth gaps and democracy can uneasily coexist as long as money stays out of politics. This is the essential problem I think.

    When we allow money into politics it corrupts them. We have to look at actual metrics to measure and consider externalities whenever creating policy. Making sure a monetary system is working for everyone and that people who take advantage of the situation are dealt with is a no brainer.

    I did a little research and it does appear CA law is a little lax around loaning for political campaigns. I am not from CA so I really don't know if this is really a big deal or not. I would be concerned though that this system would be abused.

    I personally think we should actively attempt to eliminate wealth gaps. Money has been used to divide people for far too long and it is such a corrupting force for some people. It is a problem that has consumed the US entirely.

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago

    I'm pretty sure Robert Walpole holds the title of most corrupt prime minister lol

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  • [–] 23 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    The British should have seen that he has a Temu Trump and leave it at that.

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  • [–] 28 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    He was an absolute dose but Trump is a scrotal tick. He is an insanely outrageous piece of shit. Its really not fair to anyone outside of other serial rapists, cowards, abusers and those responsible for thousands of deaths to likened to him.

    Bojo was a cheater but it would appear none were raped or a child or both. He also took a strong stance on Russia and held it, the only stance Trump holds for Russia is downward dog. It is thenonly consistent position he holds.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Good story, didn’t know. Lovely look behind the corrupt scenes. However it is more than 4 years old. It’s undoubtedly still relevant and ongoing in one way or another, but it’s not breaking news.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    It's relevant in that the inquest into the Government of the time's handling of the covid-19 pandemic has just concluded. Their findings come as no great surprise to anyone. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson -to refer to the self serving sack of festering syphilitic fucks by it's full name- is responsible for the government mishandling of the whole affair.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I'm not sure what this information is good for.

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  • [–] -3 points 11 months ago

    What's with this 4 year old fantasy/opinion piece being presented as both recent and factual?

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