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[โ€“] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 21 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Itโ€™s almost like there should be a rule about buying politicians.

[โ€“] tomiant@piefed.social 4 points 3 hours ago

Unless you put fierce legal constraints on capitalism, it will consume democracy in the end. Alas, legal constraints won't help against capitalism because with enough capital you can rewrite the laws to further your capitalist agenda. Which is exactly what we have been seeing and is exactly what has been happening for a long time.

I used to live in one of the "freest" countries in the world. It is quickly turning into a total surveillance and control state led by literal fascists, and people are just sleep-walking straight into it despite having one of the most educated populations in the world.