Rising fascism in the US

Bernie folded and backed Biden—who is more right wing than Reagan.
That’s when he lost the whole movement.

Trillions for foreign wars but none for the lives of the taxpayers.

70% of Americans want Medicare for All.

While wealthy donors, corporations, and special interest groups have long had an outsized influence in elections, that sway has dramatically expanded since the Citizens United decision, with negative repercussions for American democracy and the fight against political corruption.

With its decision, the Supreme Court overturned election spending restrictions that date back more than 100 years. Previously, the court had upheld certain spending restrictions, arguing that the government had a role in preventing corruption. But in Citizens United, a bare majority of the justices held that “independent political spending” did not present a substantive threat of corruption, provided it was not coordinated with a candidate’s campaign.

As a result, corporations can now spend unlimited funds on campaign advertising if they are not formally “coordinating” with a candidate or political party.

The ruling has ushered in massive increases in political spending from outside groups, dramatically expanding the already outsized political influence of wealthy donors, corporations, and special interest groups.

In the immediate aftermath of the Citizens United decision, analysts focused much of their attention on how the Supreme Court designated corporate spending on elections as free speech. But perhaps the most significant outcomes of Citizens United have been the creation of super PACs, which empower the wealthiest donors, and the expansion of dark money through shadowy nonprofits that don’t disclose their donors.

A Brennan Center report by Daniel I. Weiner pointed out that a very small group of Americans now wield “more power than at any time since Watergate, while many of the rest seem to be disengaging from politics.“

“This is perhaps the most troubling result of Citizens United: in a time of historic wealth inequality,” wrote Weiner, “the decision has helped reinforce the growing sense that our democracy primarily serves the interests of the wealthy few, and that democratic participation for the vast majority of citizens is of relatively little value.”

An election system that is skewed heavily toward wealthy donors also sustains racial bias and reinforces the racial wealth gap. Citizens United also unleashed political spending from special interest groups. brennancenter

Everyone knows we’d have to pay for it.

Not paying insurance premiums would help a lot.

Not being the warmonger of the world would pay for it ten times over.

Our unhealth system is a blatant depopulation plan.

People ARE willing to pay.

Doctors require payment, not insurance companies.

Not being the warmonger of the world doesn’t require ‘universal disarmament’.

Doctors require payment, not insurance companies.

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Our unhealth system is a blatant depopulation plan.

Not being the warmonger of the world would pay for it ten times over.

I had to read her answer to your question, Walter. Always a mistake.

Don't you find that expecting any sort of honest and logical conversation with her is rather like imaging that sex with a diseased badger would be a rewarding experience?

Don't you find that expecting any sort of honest and logical conversation with her is rather like imaging that sex with a diseased badger would be a rewarding experience?

I understand the reasons for all the replies to and arguments against Lash, but this has become a group doing exactly what she wants...giving her as substantial a platform as possible for her politically focused mendacity.

I think it's her semblance of wit and that quasi-epigrammatic writing style which fuel my running dialogs with her – at a certain point I have to admit to myself that, not only is prolonged discussion worthless, responding with anything more than a dismissive sentence or two is a fool's errand!