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• artifex@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Popular, but not well-funded, or in control of the mass-media, or lording over our telecom infrastructure, or managing our content-viewing algorithms….

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  • DandomRude@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Is that really what democracy is about, or is that just what billionaires have made of it?

    I ask because you are applying a monetary standard instead of what the citizens want. This leads me to suspect that you are a US citizen, as this system no longer has much to do with democracy at all since the fewer than twenty people who make up the Supreme Court, the highest judicial authority in the US system, ruled that there is no upper limit on “campaign donations,” that they do not have to be disclosed, and that “political consultants,” such as Musk, do not need confirmation by the people to be entrusted with powers that in any other democracy worthy of the name would naturally require the consent of the citizens.

    Oh, and one more thing: the Supreme Court has also ruled that the US president is de facto above the law – which is also incompatible with any democratic constitution.

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    • artifex@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      yes I’m in the US. No I don’t like that this is what has come to be. But, for a substantial portion of voters, what they see on their feed or on tv is what they think.

      It’s no coincidence that billionaire Murdochs have manipulated the conversation on FOX News for decades, or that Jeff Bezos bought the Washington post, or that TikTok US is now managed by a right-wing organization.

      What the billionaires own controls lot of what the non-billionaires think. Neutral media channels have either sold out, given up, or been strong-armed (a massive shout-out to those like 404Media who are trying to fill the void).

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• GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  BINGO, WHAT KEEP SAYING.

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• Ianhclark510@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I just think it’s funny when people bring up democratic politicians being involved with Epstein, as like a double edged sword, I can’t stand those guys.

  My mom hated Bill Clinton for yeeeaaaars, for stuff completely unrelated to Epstein, if he, and whoever else involved, rotted away in ADX Florence i’d lose no sleep

  i’m aware they have their own conspiracies targeting them, but what can I say? Image

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