P_P@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 hours ago'That's Oligarchy,' Says Sanders as Billionaires Pump Cash Into Trump Campaign | Common Dreamswww.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down10
arrow-up1129arrow-down1external-link'That's Oligarchy,' Says Sanders as Billionaires Pump Cash Into Trump Campaign | Common Dreamswww.commondreams.orgP_P@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 hours agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squarebasmatilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·2 hours agoNo mention of the double number of billionaires backing Harris, or sanders’ own history of taking billionaire funding?
minus-squareiceonfire1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-22 hours agoYeah and the senators who ratified women’s right to vote were all elected by men but they still did the ethical thing. At least Sanders seems to want to reduce billionaires’ disproportionate influence on politics. Maybe you’re ok if Elon Musk’s opinion on how much you should get taxed counts a billion times more than yours, but you really shouldn’t be.
No mention of the double number of billionaires backing Harris, or sanders’ own history of taking billionaire funding?
Yeah and the senators who ratified women’s right to vote were all elected by men but they still did the ethical thing.
At least Sanders seems to want to reduce billionaires’ disproportionate influence on politics.
Maybe you’re ok if Elon Musk’s opinion on how much you should get taxed counts a billion times more than yours, but you really shouldn’t be.