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I accept that, this is still unrelated to the article.
by disposekinetics 6y ago
I accept that, this is still unrelated to the article.
- LordDragonfang 6y agoAt what point does "this country has a lot of foundational issues with racism and specifically white supremacy in politics" become relevant to an article about politics? This point is that the kind of people that are accepting "bribes", as the author calls them, are overwhelmingly white men. Yes, you could say that that's just be because the majority of appointees to relevant positions are white. But that author is implicitly pointing out that maybe the fact that they're mostly white is actually relevant to the discussion.
- wpietri 6y agoDefinitely. If anything has unique features, it's worth asking if there's some relationship. The strain of white supremacy running through America's history is willing to do absolutely anything to maintain power. Things like the Wilmington Coup and the Tulsa Race Massacre and all of the Jim Crow violence make that very clear. It's possible that has absolutely nothing to do with America's legalized bribery. But if somebody wants to make that claim, they're going to have to argue it. It isn't a given. And given that the Citizens United decision, which legalized even more bribery, was supported by the judges appointed by the much whiter party, they're going to have to bring a fair bit of evidence to it.