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I have a request too. I’d like to see a reduction in the power and influence of unaccountable billionaires over our public policy. I wonder if the people who w
by CPLX 7y ago
I have a request too. I’d like to see a reduction in the power and influence of unaccountable billionaires over our public policy.
I wonder if the people who write things like this have processed the fact that they are no longer insurgents, but the entrenched establishment with a very bad history of exploiting the masses for private gain.
Any sane person should instinctively distrust the idea of giving valley tech startups and private equity firms more power over the mechanics of government.
- tootie 7y agoI think this is not the real root of any particular problem. I think entrenched power is good at exploiting weakness in the system. The fact is that the major pro-wealthy policies aren't snuck in as obscure riders to normal policy. Candidates run on a pro-wealthy platform and people cheer for it. The question is why are voters so easily convinced to vote against their interests.