dwazoup@lemm.ee to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-216 hours 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-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up1372arrow-down14
arrow-up1368arrow-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-216 hours agomessage-square37linkfedilink
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·11 hours 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.
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.