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minus-squaresartalon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agoThe long standing joke has been the Republicans are the party of bad ideas and Democrats are they party of no ideas. If we could get the money out of the politics, then maybe things would be different. But both parties are just greedy cocksucking bootlickers.
minus-squareDoc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 hours agoGetting money out of politics is a naive goal as it fails to account that economics are intrinsically linked to politics. They cannot be separated
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoBanning lobbying and implementing election spending caps would go a long way without even slightly affecting the economy.
The long standing joke has been the Republicans are the party of bad ideas and Democrats are they party of no ideas.
If we could get the money out of the politics, then maybe things would be different. But both parties are just greedy cocksucking bootlickers.
Getting money out of politics is a naive goal as it fails to account that economics are intrinsically linked to politics. They cannot be separated
Banning lobbying and implementing election spending caps would go a long way without even slightly affecting the economy.