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In reply to the discussion: From BBC: "Study: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy" [View all]jwirr
(39,215 posts)coronation. The fact that she hardly bothers to tell anyone what she stands for and when there is cheating in an election she says absolutely nothing. The fact that we now see that President Obama is also a corporatist.
I actually think that the story about Bill talking to Trump might be true. Trump takes on the Rs for Hillary and she walks into victory easily. Trump makes sure with his hate and fear message that no one will want him. What they did not expect was Bernie and angry Americans.
Then we get to the elections and the voter suppression starts but nothing is done to stop it because DWS runs the DNC for Hillary. The "establishment" is bought in at least 33 states and it is now in court - we will have to see if anything can be done about that.
It is all so clear. But how did we get to the point that Americans actually think that corporations should be allowed to have this kind of power? It had to have happened since 1980 - what is wrong with voters and in fact what is even wrong with the rich that they think this?
Is it too late to repair this mess?