do we think politicians don’t have direct lines to oil companies? do we think politicians don’t have direct lines to religious leaders? do we think high profi

do we think politicians don’t have direct lines to oil companies? do we think politicians don’t have direct lines to religious leaders? do we think high profile government officials aren’t in contact with industry leaders in all different kinds of industries? do we think these things aren’t abused constantly in both directions? kanye, who is running for president in 2024 — just in the past week has posted swastikas, done multiple interviews attacking jewish people, and praised hitler — he was posting direct text messages between him and elon (the owner of twitter) just yesterday. this is nothing new. this isn’t even shocking. this is entirely business as usual in the US. we need a separation of money and politics just like we have a separation of church and state and _both_ of them need to be enforced with bare sharp teeth.