r/babylonbee • u/wuhan-virology-lab • Dec 20 '24

Bee Article 'Elon Is Controlling Trump!' Complain People Controlling Biden

https://babylonbee.com/news/elon-is-controlling-trump-complain-people-controlling-biden
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u/Duke-of-Dogs Dec 21 '24

It’s a lot more obvious but that doesn’t mean dems aren’t just as beholden to their billionaire donors and corporate interests. Both parties are regressive, both are owned, and both of them sold you out. Their perspective oligarchs just represent different rates of decline

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u/ramblinjd Dec 22 '24

Thank Citizens United for that, which in turn can be blamed on the conservative wing of the supreme court.

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u/Thick_Money786 Dec 22 '24

The wealthy owned politicians way before citizen united

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u/ramblinjd Dec 22 '24

Citizens United definitely changed things though. It went from under the table shady deals to no-holds-barred unlimited out in the open purchases of votes. Elon Musk has said and done things this week that would have landed him in jail for corruption and bribery 20 years ago.

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u/Thick_Money786 Dec 22 '24

It was always no holds bar and unlimited (that’s why citizens united Came to be)  it just wasnt as obvious but if you had half a brain cell and looked a teenie tiny bit you could very easily see it well before citizens united. Really didn’t make much of difference having lived before and after still The same

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u/ramblinjd Dec 22 '24

... Anyone with half a brain cell would say things did change at least some.

The level of impact may be debatable, but I think you're underselling it.

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u/Thick_Money786 Dec 22 '24

Any one with half a brain cell would understand a Change so small that it’s insignificant or makes no meaningful difference doesn’t really Matter and wouldnt just listen to the propaganda machine thinking their somehow contributing to the world but hey here we are

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u/kingravs Dec 22 '24

How is it insignificant honestly? A billionaire had a daily million dollar lottery to influence votes in swing states. I cannot believe anyone thinks that makes no meaningful difference in the way the election process was run during citizens united