jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 days agoKamala Harris is winning the fundraising race by a milewww.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·8 days agoYou’re right, of course. But in this fucked up moment in history, having the normal, articulated even professional candidate raise far more than the pro business pro billionaires candidate is a good news
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoSo we all accept that there is no democracy and do our best to support the nicest plutocrat or oligarch? I guess what I’m saying is that at the very least, we should stop deluding ourselves in believing that this is a functioning democracy. It’s like recovery from addiction … the first step to dealing with the problem is admitting the problem.
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoThat’s the downside of this binary election method. You can elect either this or that.
You’re right, of course. But in this fucked up moment in history, having the normal, articulated even professional candidate raise far more than the pro business pro billionaires candidate is a good news
So we all accept that there is no democracy and do our best to support the nicest plutocrat or oligarch?
I guess what I’m saying is that at the very least, we should stop deluding ourselves in believing that this is a functioning democracy.
It’s like recovery from addiction … the first step to dealing with the problem is admitting the problem.
That’s the downside of this binary election method. You can elect either this or that.