#American Oligarchy

[lordnot]

Sometimes, the amount of money you have to pay in fines is far less than the money you made by breaking the law!

And that's assuming that anyone has the ability to take you to court after your lobbyists have bribed the regulatory bodies over you to overlook your misdeeds and Congress to change the laws in your favor!

[squirrelstone]

*nervous laughter* what the fuck

[mbrainspaz]

Just got another automated text telling me about how some republican shit stain named Dustin Barrows has banned Democrats from chairing committees in the Texas Senate—so I should call and THANK him. How about I exorcist projectile vomit directly into his face instead? If I ever get to show one of those billionaire dick greasing nazi sympathizing f***heads how grateful I am, the demons are coming out.

[the-potus-is-a-russian-asset]

To the 36% of eligible voters who chose not to participate in this last election. The upcoming American nightmare is all on you.

[wherepond]

American oligarchy

Bernie Sanders accuses Trump, Musk of creating 'Oligarchy in America'

During remarks on the Senate floor, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) criticized the Trump Administration for moving the country towards 'oligarchy'.

[verycleverboy]

Not so long ago, some of the ultra-wealthy and big corporations would feign disgust with Trump. They paid lip service to social justice movements and pledged to make paltry efforts to reduce their climate impact. That’s all over now. America’s oligarchs are done pretending — there is too much money to be made and power to be amassed together. They’ll get to keep their Trump tax cuts, and can expect to receive more. The government investigations of their businesses and regulatory scrutiny will end. All they have to do is act like — or freely admit — they support Trump and his policies. Pay up, show respect, get paid, and whatever else you want. 

(full article)

[spider-doctor2]

[itsbeardedcollectorwolfme]

Republicans love making a problem so they can come along and 'fix' it. They also extra love making sure to stop Democrats from doing anything that could be viewed as positive just so they can come along later and do it. Then they'll say the Democrats didn't want to do it and were fighting them the whole time and idiot maga morons will believe them despite the evidence, the overwhelming evidence, that they're fucking lying to them again, and again, and again, and again, and again. Like are Republicans uniquely handicaped or what?

Reminder for when he “saves” it. He was the one who wanted this, and now he gets to be the hero and win favour with young constituents. Don’t give him the credit for fixing his own problem.

[itsbeardedcollectorwolfme]

Why do you think he said we were too smart to fall for this? Why they shut him up as fast as they could? Why he's in solitary confinement? So he can't talk to folk.

This is to the claims adjuster. Don't do anything stupid because of the Luigi situation. This is not your fault. You did something good for the whole god's damned world, don't let the NYPD, worthless pieces of shit that they are, trick you into revealing yourself. If you truly want to help Luigi shoot another CEO. Or even better take out the NYPD's chief of police and or the mayor of New York. They are both corrupt traitors and deserve to die screaming.

Reminder.

This is what the shooter looks like.

Gray jacket. Light gray backpack.

This is what the apparent suspect looked like the same day at Starbucks.

Green/brown jacket and black back pack

Notice lack of unibrow.

Luigi day of arrest.

Unibrow present and stubble on face/neck.

Why is this important? Because Starbucks guy doesn't have those.

Which leads me to perp walk luigi.

"Oh they must have a great barber lmaooo" no. Stop joking for a second. No one gets this treatment so why him? Because they are trying to make him look like the Starbucks perp. They think we are dumb and will forget shooter Mcgee doesn't look anything like Starbuck boy.

Luigi said evidence was planted on him like the gun and the manifesto.

I believe this because the manifesto praises the efforts of the policemen on like page one. Like they couldn't even not suck their own dicks for 3 seconds to plant compelling evidence.

Do not let these people fool you. Luigi did not do this. Even though it's funny, even though he's hot even though <insert myriad of excuses I've heard here>. Do not let them get away with brainwashing you into believing he did it even if you agree with what happened.

I'm pro UHC shooter.

I'm pro luigi being released because hes innocent.

[thedearlydepart]

America started with the best of intentions. “Jefferson sought to establish a federal government of limited powers” (Library of Congress, n.d.), and even though a form of capitalism has always existed in America, I don’t think Jefferson or anyone at the time could have predicted the growth it would have and how dependent upon it we would become. I don’t think it was by design, but due to the inherent exploitative nature of capitalism and more to the point, the influence of wealth and corporations, America now functions more like an oligarchy..

Well, you may ask why we are having the conversation. Why does it matter how we classify or define the structure of our government? Psychology Today tells us, “Our frames of reference are extremely important for making decisions that are consistent with our values, aligned with our preferences, and relevant to our past experiences.” (Grawitch, 2021). If we think that our government is a democracy, a democratic republic, or anything of that ilk, it sets us up to make decisions that, in the best-case scenario, have no effect and, in the worst, have an opposite effect.

We have known it for a long time but haven’t had the words to explain it. Many people wouldn’t even understand what an oligarchy is. So, if you ask a regular person what kind of government we have, They have only been told that we are a democracy, that we are the only country with freedom and other patriotic epithets. In the Oxford Union Video, Cenk Uygur cites a study that says 93% of Americans say money corrupts politics. Coming to terms with the reality that it’s not and not understanding completely what that means is a scary thought. It’s even more terrifying when you realize you are already in it, and there isn’t anything you can do about it. Uygur also states that the most significant impact on policy and politics was donor contribution, NOT VOTING. So much so, according to Uygur (and substantiated by Politico), in 2008, Citigroup, via ex-exec Michael Froman, handed Obama’s team a list of people who would eventually become his cabinet members. (Wheaton, 2016).

As the video from our required readings suggests, We have a style of government in which we still vote, and that vote indirectly decides who will be our next executive. To some degree, one could argue that that means democracy still exists. However, the same video suggests that only the person who spends the most money (special interest groups and billionaires) essentially determines who will win a given election. (Counter Arguments, 2019). So, I feel it’s safe to say that We are an Oligarch.

References

Counter Arguments. (2019, April 1). America Is A Democracy. YouTube. Retrieved September 19, 2024, from https://youtu.be/lJUQKcnWzIg?si=u-BmxYU4YHmqnqEv&t=539

Grawitch, M. (2021, June 28). Your Frame of Reference Influences Your Decision Making. Psychology Today. Retrieved September 19, 2024, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hovercraft-full-eels/202106/your-frame-reference-influences-your-decision-making

Library of Congress. (n.d.). Establishing A Federal Republic - Thomas Jefferson | Exhibitions. Library of Congress. Retrieved September 19, 2024, from https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/jefferson/jefffed.html

Oxford Union & Uygur, C. (2017, June 27). Democracy Is For Sale | Cenk Uygur | Part 5 of 6. Youtube. Retrieved September 19, 2024, from https://youtu.be/YrKeseMRABs?si=8JCu9dCmUulaQTTL&t=280

Wheaton, S. (2016, October 20). WikiLeaks trove shows Obama in 2008 prepping to move into the White House. Politico. Retrieved September 19, 2024, from https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/wikileaks-obama-white-house-230114

[phantominzie]

EVERYONE.

DONT FORGET TO LOOK UP #cutewinterboots ON TIKTOK! THERE'LL BE SOME BIG BITS OF ICE ON THE ROADS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, SO BE SURE TO INVEST IN SOME CUTE WINTER BOOTS.

That is all, y'all have a good one and stay safe during all this ICE!

edit: fascists, racists, nazi's, homophobe/transphobes, and trump dick riders can politely fuck off on this post. I'm tired of dealing with y'all, stop trying to be edgy in the comments of this post, I will just block you so piss off.

[sunnypopoki]

They didn’t even wait until the 19th to ban TikTok. Honestly I hope people realize how big this situation is. TikTok was a news outlet for a lot of Americans who couldn’t get proper news and information (especially when their own news stations are just propaganda and fake news we don’t need to hear), it was also a home to many small businesses and people just trying to make a living. The US government is NOT banning it because of “data” or whatever shit they made up—they are banning it to control the masses and more than just that. This is bullshit.

[itsbeardedcollectorwolfme]

The media has NOT been trying to humanize Luigi. They've been trying to humanize the fucking mass murderer.

They're trying so hard to make this a culture war thing instead of a class consciousness moment.

[itsallpoliticsstupid]

This is a soon to be US Government official indicating he believes that an ally should be attacked because they don’t hold the same political beliefs as him. Have you all woken up to what this man really is yet? He wants the world subjugated and will use his supporters in an attempt to do it.

The man is dangerous.