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[–] 20 points 5 months ago (1 child)

“Corporations are people and money is speech!”

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago

    It’s freedom.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago

    They're just voting with their dollars, it's real democracy!

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago

    I know, right? The Supreme Court was feeling left out, so they legalized bribery gratuities for judges.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Doesn't this apply to all "democratic" countries?

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    Not all of them have a formalized lobbying mechanism. It still happens, but at least there's a chance of a corruption sentence if it's scandalous. In the US they are called "super donations" and bragged about

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    lobbying wasn't enough they had to normalize insider trading . politician becoming corporation executives as well , truly the most corrupt government in history

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