Last week was the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision enshrining the idea that money in politics is not corruption, but constitutionally protected speech. States and cities across the US are battling the rotten legacy of that decision.

    • jimmy90@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      jesus would the US just write some new legislation and stop with the pseudo-philosophical supreme court bullshit

    • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      The powers of corruption (with the largest and most infamous being GOP) do not care about people. They just want to live the new American dream of shitting themselves in the oval office while laying seige to American cities.