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125. I don't know why this point is so difficult to understand

He repeatedly references corporate money toward Democrats only. He doesn't acknowledge the influence of private money or the impact that legislators spending the majority of their time raising individual donations has on government.

What "Democratic ideals" do you refer to? The FDR ideals, when he received a greater portion of his campaign funding from Wall Street than candidates do today? Or perhaps it's the ideals of Jim Crow or slavery? The fact is you all have been fed a false narrative of a history of America and the Democratic Party that doesn't exist. This is a capitalist nation. There has been no time at which the wealthy did not dominate politics. Who the fuck do you think the slaveholders who founded our nation were? They were the wealthiest men in the land, and many owned human beings. The courts and congress were controlled by the economic interests of slaveholders, and when slavery was abolished industrialists soon came to exert great influence. But apparently donations off the lives and backs of human beings was more in keeping with Democratic ideals than a $2700 donations from
Someone who works at a bank.

Now you all have decided to quit focusing on legal, systemic reform and demand unilateral disarmament, which can only lead to even greater GOP power. That argument has already played a role in electing Trump and setting back campaign finance reform even further. The celebrity pol money raising model that Bernie has changed to because of his own record breaking fundraising and spending has influenced his supporters so that they no longer talk about systemic reforms but echo his attacks on the party while ignoring the broader, systemic problem. Additionally, he, not Clinton or Trump, was the single greatest beneficiary of Superpac spending of candidates in either party. We hear nothing but bumper sticker slogans, while facts that don't fit that simplistic narrative are ignored. Slogans don't cut it, particularly when they distort. It's counterproductive and ultimately serves to further entrench the grip money has on the system.