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In reply to the discussion: Why Jeff Bezos’ Amazon Is More Evil Than Walmart and McDonald’s [View all]guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)given that money owns politicians in both parties, and given that the education system in this country uses textbooks that must pass the "Texas test" to be published, many people receive a badly skewed/slanted/biased view of the world when they go through the school system.
In spite of the incredible advantage of money in buying politicians and media access, remember that in the 2014 elections progressive positions achieved far more votes than right wing positions EVEN IN RED STATES. I feel this speaks to the fact that people know that the country is on the wrong track. The Koch brothers can buy a lot of influence but they only have 2 votes between them.
Organization is the key. Unions, groups like Occupy, Black Lives Matter, and literally thousands of grassroots groups are fighting to speak truth to power and I believe we are winning and will win.