epicthundercat@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 hours agoPeter Thiel makes his biggest donation in years to help defeat California’s billionaire wealth taxfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down10
arrow-up1232arrow-down1external-linkPeter Thiel makes his biggest donation in years to help defeat California’s billionaire wealth taxfortune.comepicthundercat@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 hours agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squarebear@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-24 hours agoActually, there’s a huge return on investment with bribes and political influence when you’re a billionaire. Citizens united was a death blow.
minus-squarefoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 hour agoReaganomics -> Contra -> Bush Sr -> Citizens United -> 9/11 -> Patriot Act -> Middle East wars -> bank bailouts -> Pause for pandemic -> insurrection -> old man Biden sleeps on imprisoning trump -> literal gestapo in the streets.
Actually, there’s a huge return on investment with bribes and political influence when you’re a billionaire.
Citizens united was a death blow.
Reaganomics -> Contra -> Bush Sr -> Citizens United -> 9/11 -> Patriot Act -> Middle East wars -> bank bailouts -> Pause for pandemic -> insurrection -> old man Biden sleeps on imprisoning trump -> literal gestapo in the streets.