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This goes beyond direct action by individuals, it’s completely obvious what’s happening and it happens because the US political system has been captured.

• Pay08 6mo ago
  Captured by whom?
  • Chance-Device 6mo ago
    This comes to mind: https://nypost.com/2025/03/19/us-news/benjamin-netanyahu-gifts-john-fetterman-a-silver-pager-during-israel-visit/ https://nypost.com/2025/03/19/us-news/benjamin-netanyahu-gif...
  • jampekka 6mo ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Israel_Lobby_and_U.S._Foreign_Policy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Israel_Lobby_and_U.S._Fore...
    • Pay08 6mo ago
      You mean the lobby that was outspent by Hungary last year?
  • gosub100 6mo ago
    Israel
• cassianoleal 6mo ago
  The US political system is this. It has not been recently "captured". This is business as usual for them.
  • ajkjk 6mo ago
    it... feels... more captured than usual, lately
    • cassianoleal 6mo ago
      Not to those who have been on the receiving end. It's just less concealed, which in some ways is quite refreshing.
• jazzyjackson 6mo ago
  gross