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10 Nov 2021
Becoming an elected official in the American system requires significant financial backing from a small number of wealthy donors.

Well, I mean, you think of like, oh, billionaires, evil billionaires choose the leaders of the world, but then you look at the American system and it's like, well, you can't become an elected official without a lot of money behind you. At least on a high level. Yeah, exactly. At least on a high level. So, who's giving them that money? It's a small number of people, and it feels like, oh, well, if they give you the most money, then they have chosen that you will be the next elected official.

06 Mar 2019
Buying politicians is a systemic issue where money influences political appointments and legislation.

Of course you can buy politicians because you already have a shit ton of money. You've already bought enough politicians for them to make it okay for you to buy politicians. And you've bought enough politicians where they can appoint Supreme Court justices who will make it okay for you to buy politicians.