Corruption is Legal in America

[LunaSea]

[cantbeserious]

1. The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians And Media That Own And Control Us

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[daleanime]

2. +1

[Enthusiast]

3. K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations!

[libodem]

4. Problem

Nutshell.

[stillwaiting]

5. Yes, and every politician that doesn't acknowledge that and fight to overcome it is part of the

problem.

We have a few that acknowledge this reality and fight for us. A very few. It's daunting.

The people will have to rise up and demand change for it to change. Long-lasting, disruptive protests and putting a huge damper on "their" economy will probably be the best way to get change, but it won't be easy that's for sure because it will take levels of solidarity that we are not used to feeling and demonstrating in this hyper-individualized and grossly separated society that has been developed around us.

The best "democracy" money can buy.

[panfluteman]

6. The Thing That Worries Me, Though,

Is all the different groups we have pushing to overturn Citizens United and reform our political system. We need to have unity and cooperation between the different groups - Move to Amend, Wolf Pac, and now this group, whatever its name was. That's the basic strategy that the 1% uses against us - divide and conquer. I suppose that the number of different groups working in this same direction is purely spontaneous and coincidental - or is it? Was this disunity amongst the political reform movements really secretly planned and orchestrated by the 1%? The strength of the 1% is the ease with which they achieve unity and focus, while their main disadvantage is their small numbers. With the 99%, the strength is our large numbers, but without achieving some kind of unity, we can't accomplish anything. And so, the fat cats at the top play one group off of another to keep us fragmented and unfocused.