Political Memes

I see, it's not as designed then... I'm not from US and I'm so confused every time I hear about rich people funding your politicians like it's perfectly alright and absolutely not fucked up.

How long you suppose the economy can recover if we ban billionaires and rule that they share their profits rather than hoard them?

Regardless of donation limits, election is an innately oligarchic feature. Election strongly favors candidates with money and time to spare. Elections also favor those with wide and influential social networks.

When you want to choose a candidate from amongst the elite, elections are great. If you want a democratic choice, you have to use sortition - choosing at random from the whole eligible pool, like we do for juries.

So...you just copied this from a tweet a few posts down, and made it ugly? Nice job.

damn, think of all the great lawyers he'll be able to afford now

The worst part is that it works. People are too busy trying to stay affloat they just go by the ads they see and hear.

"Elon Musk says" not a Elon fan but where did he say that? I have only seen them say "Sources close to". If he actually does it and we have records yes it is bad. But right now it's just a rumor.

If only a liberal could become a billionaire.

But, they have morals and don't want to ruin people's lives on the way to the top.

yes thats what im fucking saying

I really wonder why so many of the super-rich back Trump. He has a really bad track record when it comes to honoring contracts, let alone promises. Add to it that he already tried to overthrow democracy, in which case your campaign contributions would become worthless the moment he manages to seize power.