dwazoup@lemm.ee to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-212 days agoYSK: In 2016, two oil brothers attempted to purchase the entire US Congress. They spent more money than Republicans and Democrats combined. www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1409arrow-down14
arrow-up1405arrow-down1external-linkYSK: In 2016, two oil brothers attempted to purchase the entire US Congress. They spent more money than Republicans and Democrats combined. www.nytimes.comdwazoup@lemm.ee to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-212 days agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up45arrow-down2·12 days agoAnd it worked. We don’t actually have a democracy, y’all.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·12 days agoWe didn’t before them.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down4·12 days agoThat’s true. Even the original Constitution only allowed voting for landowning white men, despite the lofty rhetoric. We are not and have never been a democracy.
And it worked.
We don’t actually have a democracy, y’all.
We didn’t before them.
That’s true.
Even the original Constitution only allowed voting for landowning white men, despite the lofty rhetoric. We are not and have never been a democracy.