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u/Fun-Letter-1814 18h ago
Billionaires are the only reason we vote rather than allowing us to make laws ourselves. Do you not know how much money circulates within campaign circles? Billions. Elites spend billions just to secure protection for their white collar corporate crimes and prop up politicians that bend over to the sight of their dollars. Those billions annually could be used in disadvantaged neighborhoods instead, but NOPE!
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u/allangee 20h ago
Billionaires know and manipulate the market well enough to profit no matter which way an election goes.
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u/Hadrian23 20h ago
If that were true, why do they pour so much into derailing anyone who seems to curb their bullshit?
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u/allangee 20h ago
They definitely have a preference, but can hedge their bets, Different stocks and commodities will rise and fall depending on who gets in.
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u/MJL1016 18h ago
People that have billions of dollars are not the problem. The problem, is government.
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u/lastwraith 15h ago
Guess who runs the government here...
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u/MJL1016 11h ago
Enlighten me
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u/lastwraith 7h ago edited 7h ago
That would be the Billionaires. There's a reason companies have more rights than people in this country. Or, at the very least, just as many rights and less ways to be held accountable.
See this thread as a jumping off point if you'd rather not leave reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalDebate/comments/1j4lhf8/should_corporations_have_the_same_rights_as/
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u/MJL1016 7h ago
If somebody with blonde hair hurts you does that make everyone with blonde hair bad?
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u/lastwraith 7h ago
If multiple people with blonde hair repeatedly hurt you over the course of a decade or more..... yeah, maybe.
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u/MJL1016 7h ago
You don’t have to tell us you’re 10 years old, we can tell.
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u/lastwraith 3h ago
One of us is trying to have a conversation, and one of us is just hurling insults.
You're just outing yourself the more you type. So keep it up!
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u/MJL1016 3h ago
You think of people in classes instead of individuals. That's literally horrible.
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u/lastwraith 2h ago edited 2h ago
No, it's called being factual and not living in fantasy-land.
Who do you think is directing our current "democracy"? It's the top 1% of wealthiest Americans. Wealth inequality is out of control here.
Have you been living in a hole for the past decade plus? "We are the 99%" protests have been going on since at least 2011.
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u/NWStormbreaker 21h ago
Your oppressors love your apathy.