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Cathy Learoyd (Texas)'s avatar

Capitalism certainly does not promote democracy. In fact, what it has created with the help of the legalized bribery of Citizens United is an oligarchic kleptocracy, the rich are stealing from everyone else and creating extreme income disparity hollowing out the middle class. I'm reading "Viking Economics" by George Lakey on how the Scandinavian counties dealt with this and now have strong economies with strong democracy and well-being. Believe the lessons could be applied to the United States but with some big hurdles like racial justice to overcome.

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Alice Schaffer Smith's avatar

And all you need to do is trace the money behind the litigators who brought Citizens United, Shelby County, the Texas attacks on privacy and you see the Donor's Trust and their ilk: Donor's Trust is proud that its purpose is to defeat affirmative action. AND THOSE donations are tax-free to the elite Americans. Gun laws fall in this mousetrap too. Senator McConnell is responsible and so too Manchin and Sinema: no voting rights, no sane gun laws, no masks: 1 million Americans killed by Covid because science isn't respected by Trump and his ilk. I am too angry to make a sensible plea. Pass the Freedom to Vote, John R Lewis Act, pass background checks, pass the Equal Rights Amendment. Respect citizens and not corporations.

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