sanitation@lemmy.today to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agoRaising taxes on the superrich is popular with voters. So why is it so hard to get done?thehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up1321arrow-down12
arrow-up1319arrow-down1external-linkRaising taxes on the superrich is popular with voters. So why is it so hard to get done?thehill.comsanitation@lemmy.today to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square63linkfedilink
minus-squareDigDoug@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up173arrow-down1·3 months agoThe superrich own the media. And the politicians.
minus-squareTheReanuKeeves@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up62arrow-down4·edit-23 months agoQuestion answered. No further comments needed. Part of growing up is realizing the “democracy” we live in is just a mask for fascism.
minus-squareOrioniae@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoA good chunk of current democracies are actually open market oligarchies.
minus-squareFishnoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 months agoAnd they also run fake competitions where they promise to give a million dollars to people for voting a certain way, but really the winners were predetermined the whole time…
The superrich own the media.
And the politicians.
Question answered. No further comments needed. Part of growing up is realizing the “democracy” we live in is just a mask for fascism.
A good chunk of current democracies are actually open market oligarchies.
And they also run fake competitions where they promise to give a million dollars to people for voting a certain way, but really the winners were predetermined the whole time…
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